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So Transparent It’s Sad

by Josh Marshall
09.03.08 | 5:42 pm

I think we’ve now arrived at my favorite moment of the campaign — when Steve Schmidt, the Rove protege who now runs John McCain’s campaign lashed out at the “old boys’ network” that runs the media.

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