Sarah Palin fore runner for 2012 Presidential Race
John McCain’s top adviser during his failed 2008 presidential run defended selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate – just weeks after calling her potential 2012 presidential candidacy “catastrophic’” for Republicans.
Sarah Palin 2012 Presidential Race
“I believe to this day that had she not been picked as a vice presidential candidate, we would have never been ahead, not for one second, not for one minute, not for one hour, not for one day,” Steve Schmidt said during a speech Wednesday at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, according to The Associated Press.
“Her candidacy excited the Republican Party,” he added. “There was huge excitement that transformed the race.”
Schmidt seemed to backtrack on his earlier criticism, praising the former Alaska governor as someone with “great talent” in politics.
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