During a Politico panel discussion today on “Women and the Republican Party,” Matthew Yglesias noted that the panelists were ignoring this weekend’s revelations that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) — among other things — campaigned for the Bridge to Nowhere and led Sen. Ted Stevens’s 527. Panelist Mike Murphey responded by dismissing Palin’s record and baselessly claiming that the “liberal blog world” was responsible for the rumors surrounding Bristol Palin’s pregnancy. Watch it:
In fact, the Anchorage Daily News reported that the rumors were “long simmering” in Alaska’s political discourse. Yglesias has more on the Politico event.
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