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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Former top McCain strategist trashes Palin pick

Mike Murphy and conservative commentator Peggy Noonan are caught on a live mike delivering some harsh assessments of Sarah Palin and John McCain's campaign.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Wednesday, September 3, 2008 04:35 PM

    @@Ellyllon

    I took "run it up" to mean bald-faced pandering to their base without regard to the qualifications of the candidate. That's how they do it in Texas.

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