{"id":6914,"date":"2008-10-31T14:10:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T22:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2008-10-31T14:10:59","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T22:10:59","slug":"the-mishandling-of-sarah-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6914","title":{"rendered":"The Mishandling Of Sarah Palin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/TalkRadio\/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3&amp;ContentGuid=d41b7565-71f5-4804-9c21-e981bdfa9639\">Bill Kristol tells Dennis Prager<\/a> that the mishandling of Sarah Palin was the most frustrating part of the presidential campaign. That McCain&#8217;s people &quot;locked her up and didn&#8217;t know what kind of communicator they had. Having Katie Couric be her second big interview was crazy. They should&#8217;ve had her do a ton of radio, a ton of TV. 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