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D’oh! GOPers Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy caught on live mic blasting Palin pick

By Steve Perry | 09.03.08 | 4:29 pm

Earlier today Republican consultant Mike Murphy and one-time Reagan/Bush I speechwriter Peggy Noonan appeared with Chuck Todd on MSNBC to discuss the Sarah Palin drama, and they were caught for several seconds unknowingly speaking on live microphones.
Best bits:
Murphy:…

Andrea Mitchell on Palin: Her Down’s Syndrome baby is “a very strong appeal to the pro-life community”

By Steve Perry | 08.29.08 | 2:10 pm

At the conclusion of Sarah Palin’s speech in Dayton today–an event with all the gravitas and eloquence of a high school pep rally where the principal was introducing the new vice-principal– NBC’s Andrea Mitchell dropped this observation, my emphasis…

The Semantics of Border Crossing — and Journalists’ Politics

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.22.07 | 8:13 am

The semantics of border crossing: Despite years of debate about the use of the term “illegals” to describe people the National Association of Hispanic Journalists prefers to call “undocumented immigrants,” the Star Tribune ran a story on Wednesday…

Democratic Presidential Debate Liveblog

By Jeff Fecke | 04.26.07 | 6:02 pm

I will be liveblogging the Democratic debate tonight from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.  Enjoy!


So to wrap up, my quick letter-grade take:

Clinton: B-plus.  If people notice the tearing up, then maybe lower.  But better than expected.…