The best 65 seconds of the campaign so far. Republican surrogates and talking heads should simply memorize Newt’s response because they are doing a lousy job of defending Palin, IMHO.
I am not sure if I liked that part of PMSNBC’s coverage more than what followed with Andrea Mitchell when she interviewed Joe Lieberman. Andrea looked her cat had just died. It was obvious the PMS NBC’s talking points for the night were to have each correspondant ask about Sarah Palin and her ‘lack of experience’.
After Andrea asked Lieberman how he could have felt comfortable speaking at the Republican convention, she got right into Sarah Palin issue. Mitchell asked Lieberman why he was not upset that he had been passed over as VP because the right wing religous wing would not accept him. He replied with class and dignity and said he was honored to be considered and thought Palin was a good match for McCain because she was a reformer. Mitchell did not like that so kept asking questions, trying to get Joe to dump on Palin. He would not take the bait and kept reiterating that Palin was qualified for the job of VP. By the end of the interview, Andrea Mitchell looked totally beaten down, defeated, and out of questions.