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>> right. the big other question of this is sarah palin. i asked senator mccain multiple times over the years about the palin pick. he always paused to think. he was reflective. he never criticized it. >> he would never say it. >> he never criticized her, never disowned her. what he always told me was she did what was asked of her, which was to fire up the base. >> to be clear, it might sound like a distinction without a difference, but it is. even in the book he said he regretted not picking li...

Critical moment in the summer of 2008, elevating someone who did give him a boost in the polls initially. well argue forever about whether the palin pick, mainstream, some of the tea party opposition -- we werent calling it that then, but to president obama. but one of the things that i so admire about senator mccain and bob dole and george h.w. bush, this last group of truly great people whose heroics were mostly in the 20th century, at least as young men, is that they called them as they saw t...

That quickly failed as palin stumbled on television and on the campaign trail. i think he regrets it. i think that was why he did it. it opened the door to elements of the republican party that mccain is now dealing with. some of the world of donald trump comes together in the palin pick. and with palin joining the ticket. i think thats also part of its regret. >> yeah. i expect well learn more about that decision and the regrets since in his upcoming memoir. >> julian zelizer, we appreciate you...

Being a pro-life candidate. we need to remember, though, that its not the vice president that would legislate abortion and that would be congresss role. and well keep that in mind. >> nia-malika, this would be interpreted as throwing the long ball, dont you think? this would be like a palin pick in the 2012 cycle. if anything, ive been anticipating that mitt romney will do something very conservative, not politically conservative, but very conservative in terms of the selection. >> thats right. ...

Being a pro-life candidate. we need to remember, though, that its not the vice president that would legislate abortion and that would be congresss role. and well keep that in mind. >> nia-malika, this would be interpreted as throwing the long ball, dont you think? this would be like a palin pick in the 2012 cycle. if anything, ive been anticipating that mitt romney will do something very conservative, not politically conservative, but very conservative in terms of the selection. >> thats right. ...

Presidential and vice presidential candidate who had that respect for all innocent, precious, purposeful human life and showed that respect via being a pro life candidate. we need to remember, though, that its not the vice president that would legislate abortion and that would be congresss role. and well keep that in mind. >> nia-malika, this would be interpreted as throwing the long ball, dont you think? this would be like a palin pick in the 2012 cycle. if anything, ive been anticipating that ...

And well keep that in mind. >> nia-malika, this would be interpreted as throwing the long ball, dont you think? this would be like a palin pick in the 2012 cycle. if anything, ive been anticipating that mitt romney will do something very conservative, not politically conservative, but very conservative in terms of the selection. >> thats right. a safe choice. nothing certainly to ostracize the evangelical base, which is so important in terms of energy. i talked to some top evangelicals today and...

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Strong. danny why did you decide to put the focus and actually the meaning of "game change" around the palin pick. >> there was no one that was a bigger game changer than sarah palin. theres a lot of great stories in this book. a fantastic book and a lot of great movies in it. we felt the palin story wasnt just one of the best stories but one of the greatest political stories of all time. you have an individual who has never been on the national stage who overnight is thrust onto it right in the...

It airs saturday night and premieres here tonight in washington at the newseum. thats where we find the co-author mark halperin and the movie screenwriter danny strong. danny why did you decide to put the focus and actually the meaning of "game change" around the palin pick. >> there was no one that was a bigger game changer than sarah palin. theres a lot of great stories in this book. a fantastic book and a lot of great movies in it. we felt the palin story wasnt just one of the best stories bu...