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"Trophy Candidate"

By The Daily Dish
Aug 29 2008, 4:03 AM ET

A reader writes:

Not knowing anything about the Republican field, I heard about the pick this morning and looked up the stories on her. 

My first thought was:  Trophy Candidate.

The visuals were strange. She looked like the promising student that an older professor admires (and has a bit of a crush on). When she called McCain her "partner," it sounded odder still. He comes off as her guardian or foster parent.



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