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Showing Original Post only (View all)What an eleventh-hour, hail-mary, fly-by-night operation... [View all]
Been listening to the MSNBC "breaking news" coverage and then to MSNBC Weekend's Alex Witt (and even Fox intermittently).
They're all trying to hide their astonishment, but making a bad job of it.
I get the distinct impression that the Ryan choice is nothing but a desperate emergency response to some really dire internal polling results.
That they would roll this guy out at 8:30 on a Saturday morning, during the once every-four-year spectacle of the Olympics finale, speaks of disarray and panic.
I can't believe this was their original game plan...
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His game plan was that as a rich white guy everyone would kneel before him the moment he announced
tclambert
Aug 2012
#6
That they would roll this guy out at 8:30 on a Saturday morning, during the once every-four-year
MADem
Aug 2012
#9
"With any luck it will . . . poison Ryan's political future so he won't be able to get any traction.
CrispyQ
Aug 2012
#26
One of two things will happen--he'll either be the wimp tail to rMoney's ass dragging dog (apologies
MADem
Aug 2012
#33
Amen. Besides Obama winning, this is the other very good thing that will hopefully
NYC Liberal
Aug 2012
#37