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And not only that, Martin Eisenstadt does it in the blogosphere.

How very Smear 2.0 of him…

As you know, I was one of the foreign policy advisers on the McCain campaign who worked with Randy Scheunemann to help prep Sarah on her debate with Joe Biden.

Did we outright give her a geography quiz when we started the prep?

No, of course not.

Politico is reporting that Barack Obama’s administration will likely use Joe Biden as the “good cop” to offset Rahm Emanuel’s “bad cop” role:

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers discusses some broad overarching points on the Today show…

One of the most important appointments Barack Obama will make is Secretary of State. Naturally, rumors are swirling as to who might be on the shortlist.

Let’s look at the contenders.

Richard Holbrooke: A Clinton State Department veteran who also served as U.N. ambassador, Holbrooke would be the establishment choice.

He’d be a competent secretary but the only “change” he’d bring is to slide our diplomacy away from the Bush model and back towards the Clinton model.

In the last few days, I’ve had several Republican-leaning friends and family members tell me they were sitting this election out.

The reason? They can’t vote for Sarah Palin.

And he has a 13 point lead among likely voters.

He was hilarious, but, as with Palin’s appearance, I can’t help but think that this doesn’t really help his chances.

Transcript after the jump…

McCAIN: “Good evening, my fellow Americans, I’m John McCain.”

Writing for USA Today, Chuck Raasch sees a lot more uncertainty than usual in the electorate — not regarding who they’ll vote for but what they expect their vote to bring.

Despite efforts to cast Barack Obama as a raging liberal and John McCain as a Bush clone, these guys aren’t that simple and all but the most strident partisans truly believe they have either of these men totally figured out.

Raasch writes: