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...when we can omnisciently understand "America's gut reaction"?

Actually, Ambinder does point out the obvious: Palin's interview with Gibson was terrible, and the Republicans all know it. But Ambinder is too much of a political reporter to avoid tempering that with soothing bromides about the entire country's "gut reaction."

by: Haggai @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 13:19:15 PM CDT

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