Is that right? I’m not about to buy the damned book.
There was an article that had a short excerpt/quotes. I’ll try and find it.
This is actually not about the book precisely, but Schmidt was interviewed for the book, and then afterwards he went on 60 minutes, and Couric etc. He is schizophrenic about palin. On the one hand he says really outrageous things, basically calling her a know-nothing moron but then he’ll say how great she was-
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566560,00.html
“Steve Schmidt, who was chief strategist for the Republican’s campaign during the 2008 election, said choosing Palin — then a little-known Alaska governor — helped the GOP gain ground against the Democrats and Barack Obama.
“I believe to this day that had she not been picked as a vice presidential candidate, we would have never been ahead, not for one second, not for one minute, not for one hour, not for one day,” Schmidt said during a speech at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/75097-palin-derided-by-top-mccain-aide-book
“”I believe, had she not been on the ticket our margin of defeat would’ve been greater than it would’ve been otherwise,” he said.”