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October 12, 2009 10:37 AM

Palin Tracker 10/2-11 at Pajamas Media

Palin Tracker - October 12, 2009
McCain Aide Nonplussed, Imus Gets Misogynist, A Second Book Coming
by Barbara Curtis
October 2-5

Steve Schmidt, John McCain's former campaign manager -- whose fractious relationship with Palin has been rumored for a year -- hasn't warmed one bit to the charismatic conservative spokesperson.

Speaking at The Atlantic's First Draft of History Conference (whatever that is), the GOP strategist opined:

I think that she has talents, but my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for the Republican Party in 2012, and in fact, were she to be the nominee, we would have a catastrophic election result.
She is someone who has a passionate base that constitutes millions of Americans, but in the year since the election has ended, she has done nothing to expand her appeal beyond that base into the middle of the electorate where elections are decided.

I guess that "middle of the electorate where elections are decided" were the people who put up McCain. That didn't work out so well, though, did it?

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