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By The Daily Dish

Nov 13 2008, 11:47 AM ET

Mature Republicans in Miami don't know quite what to say:

A surprising moment occurred late this afternoon in a press roundtable featuring Govs. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Jon Huntsman of Utah, former Ebay CEO and McCain national campaign co-chairman Meg Whitman, and former OMB Director Rob Portman.  A reporter asked whether they would have felt comfortable with Palin as president. After a moment of awkward silence, there were several answers givenbut no one said "yes."

At some point, all this will be funny. Not quite yet.



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