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Is this mic on?

Posted at 3:15 PM on September 3, 2008 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Politics, The political conventions

The political analysts on the cable networks are a lot more honest when they're off the air. A couple of Republican commentators -- Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy -- went off script when talking about the Palin pick, after concluding an appearance on MSNBC.

Comments (2)

If these commentators really don't like the Palin pick, why don't they say so? Why do they feel so pressured to back her up? Is it simply that it's their role to play the "devil's advocate"?

I'm assuming here that they were in fact promoting the positives of Palin. I didn't see the actual show.

Posted by Joel | September 3, 2008 6:40 PM

Peggy Noonan's comments were VERY interesting.

Posted by Deb in St. Paul | September 4, 2008 5:50 PM

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