Schmidt's belief that the Sarah Palin interviews conducted by
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But of particular interest to me was Schmidt's contention that the Couric interview was, "the most consequential interview from a negative perspective that a candidate for national office has gone through, not since Roger Mudd interviewed Ten Kennedy in the late 1970s."
As you may recall, Mudd's question -- "Senator, why do you want to be president?"-- and Kennedy's rambling answer -- effectively ended his presidential ambitions.
That's a pretty strong analysis, inasmuch as it implies Palin's national political ambitions were effectively ended by the Couric interview ...
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