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Axelrod on Palin
My colleague Carrie Budoff Brown reports that David Axelrod spoke to reporters about Sarah Palin on hte plane in Pennsylvania: Obama chief strategist David Axelrod said Gov. Sarah Palin is a “skilled politician” who “had an assignment and she went out and she discharged ...
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David Axelrod on Sarah Palin: "For someone who makes the point that she is not from Washington, she looks like she would fit in very well there."
AlthousePolitico reports: “She is deft at going on the attack. For someone who makes the point that she is not from Washington, she looks like she would fit in very well there,” Axelrod told reporters on the campaign plane in Pittsburgh, Pa. “These attacks all felt very familiar to Americans who are used to this kind of thing from Washington.” Axelrod said her speech was riddled with distortions. “Right down the line,” he said. “She tried to attack Obama by saying he had no significant legislative accomplishments – maybe that’s what she was told – but she ...

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