1.0 link 145139 <![CDATA[McCain Pollster Explains Loss, Calls Frank Luntz A Moron]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/mccain-pollster-explains_n_145139.html The chief pollster for John McCain's presidential campaign offered a candid diagnosis of how his candidate was done in, on occasion reserving harsh words for fellow Republicans.

Bill McInturff, speaking at a National Journal breakfast on Thursday, said the political environment for the GOP in 2008 was worse than anything he has seen in his time polling since former Soviet empires were breaking the shackles of communism.

"Reporters would call me up and say, 'have you ever seen this?'" McInturff said of...

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