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Matthew Yglesias —
I went to a breakfast discussion this morning hosted by Politico about the Sarah Palin pick. It was basically Mike Murphy plus a smattering of GOP elected officials. And it was fascinating the extent to which they were cocooning about this disaster. Their basic points were:
Upside: She’s a fresh-faced mavericky reformer.
Downside: Some will say she’s inexperienced
Upshot: We’ll have to see, but conservatives love her!
It was basically exactly what you heard the moment she was announced — no discussion whatsoever of the information that’s come out in the intervening days. I got a chance to ask a question ...
Murphy blames ‘liberal blog world’ for pregnancy rumors.
Think Progress —
During a Politico panel discussion today on “Women and the Republican Party,” Matthew Yglesias noted that the panelists were ignoring this weekend’s revelations that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) — among other things — campaigned for the Bridge to Nowhere and led Sen. Ted Stevens’s 527. Panelist Mike Murphey responded by dismissing Palin’s record and baselessly claiming that the “liberal blog world” was responsible for the rumors surrounding Bristol Palin’s pregnancy. Watch it:
In fact, the Anchorage Daily ...
Murphy Professes Support For Palin’s Policy Stances In Public, Cries ‘It’s Not Going To Work’ In Private
Think Progress —
Yesterday, during Politico’s breakfast panel at the Republican National Convention on “Women and the Republican Party,” Matthew Yglesias asked why the panelists were ignoring substantive discussion of Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) record. Yglesias noted that Palin lied about her support for the Bridge to Nowhere and led Sen. Ted Stevens’s (R-AK) 527.
Conservative strategist Mike Murphy argued that Palin’s record was nothing to be concerned about. He dismissed Palin’s record of supporting large earmark spending, said he didn’t “buy” that Palin was closely linked to the indicted ...
