WSJ op/ed from Noonan covering it and other comments
I really wish more people on the right would come out and call this for what it is. These guys only did it on accident, at least David Frumm had the stones to say it directly. Buchanan and Scarborough trashed her, but Buchanan at least switched as soon as she was put forth as the real nominee. I don't suppose the odds are very good that anyone other then her will get the nod at the convention?transcript wrote:Todd: Mike Murphy, Peggy Noonan. Lots of free advice.We'll see if Steve Schmidt and the boys were watching (ed note- better hope not). Lots of free advice.
blather, cross talk over CT
Murphy: Um, you know, because, I come out of the blue swing state governor world. Engler, Whitman, Tommy Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, I mean, and these guys, this is all how you win a Texas race, just run it up, and it's not gonna work.
Noonan: It's Over.
Murphy: Still, McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech and do himself some good.
Todd: Don’t you think the Palin pick is insulting to Kay Baily Hutchinson?
Noonan: I saw Kay this morning...
Todd: She's never looked comfortable about..
Murphy: They're all bummed out.
Todd: I mean, is she really the most qualified woman they can obtain?
Noonan: The most qualified? No. I think they went for this, excuse me, political bullshit about narratives...[couldn't hear the end of it]
Todd: Yeah, but what's a narrative?
Murphy: I totally agree.
Noonan: Every time Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at, they blow it.
Murphy: You know what's the worst thing about it, the greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and..
Murphy and Todd together: This is cynical.
Todd: And as you called it, gimmicky.