By Jim Morrilljmorill@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Wednesday, Oct. 01, 2008
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will make her first Carolinas' campaign appearance Tuesday night with a rally at East Carolina University in Greenville.
Palin is scheduled to speak at the Road to Victory rally at the school's Minges Coliseum. It will be the first visit to North Carolina or South Carolina by a member of the GOP ticket since last month's convention. And, other than a recent stop in Florida, it will be the Alaska governor's first campaign stop in the Southeast.
"There's been a lot of excitement in North Carolina about the historic Republican ticket," GOP spokesman Mario Diaz said late Wednesday night. "Gov. Palin is excited about the stop, and she looks forward to bringing her message of reform to North Carolinians."
Palin's stop will come just before running mate John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama square off for their second debate Tuesday night in Nashville. Doors at the coliseum open at 5 p.m.
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