Thank Schmidt not Rove

For better or worse, the Los Angeles Times gives McCain strategist Steve Schmidt the credit for putting Gov. Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket.

"Convinced that McCain needed a dramatic gesture to make the race competitive, Schmidt pressed McCain to pluck the Alaska governor from obscurity. Other than the candidates, no one in the operation has more riding on that decision than Schmidt. And no one has worked harder to turn the decision into a success."

Monday, October 6, 2008