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Clint Eastwood, GOP convention: The Romney campaign sells out its surprise speaker. - Slate Magazine
The campaign had expected "a more standard endorsement," the New York Times reported, citing two anonymous aides. Aides said Mr. Eastwood does not like teleprompters and was trusted to deliver an on-message endorsement, the story continued. This was not the campaigns fault, no sir.
Not me, said an exasperated-looking senior adviser, when asked who was responsible for Mr. Eastwoods speech.
Responding to media pressure by shooting your ally in the back is a time-honored political strategy, as President Obama and Shirley Sherrod can testify. But Romney and his staff have a quick trigger finger.