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Soap Box Was No Gift for Meghan McCain

Unready pundit-in-training is exposing herself too early

By Gabriel Winant, Newser User

Posted May 22, 2009 8:22 AM CDT

(Newser) – Poor Meghan McCain, writes Judith Warner in the New York Times. Nobody’s born a pundit—you have to achieve it. But McCain’s had punditry thrust upon her, and it’s obvious she isn’t ready. “I do feel sorry for Meghan, the... Read full story »

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