
78: Tim Miller, Former GOP Operative, on Why His Cohorts Caved To Trump
The Al Franken Podcast
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The McCain-Palin Dilemma
"I tried to not write history because I'm youthful. I'm a youthful 40 and I'm not a historian," he says. "What I try to focus on is the first hand." The book starts with the crowds that came to McCain events in 2008, where Palin was an extent part of that. But it's also important to just note that leadership actually does matter, right? And having somebody at the top of the ticket that was not baby-burdening all of these people's grievances and conspiracies can prevent things from spiraling out of control.
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