Sarah Palin "Didn't Blink" When Offered the VP Nomination

Sarah Palin said she "didn't blink" when Senator John McCain offered her the Republican vice presidential nomination. "You have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we're on, reform of this country and victory in the war. You can't blink. So I didn't blink then even when asked to run as his running mate," Palin, 44, said in an interview with ABC's Charles Gibson, which aired Thursday night on World News with Charles Gibson . Watch an excerpt from Sarah Palin's first televised interview since becoming John McCain 's VP pick on August 29. "When John McCain and I are sworn in, if we are so privileged to be elected to serve this country, we'll be ready. I'm ready," Palin, who has been in office less than two years said. Gibson has three interviews with Palin - the second will air Thursday night on Nightline , and the third will run on Good Morning America on Friday. When pressed by Gibson if she could take over as president, Palin said: "I ... (link)