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	<title><![CDATA[Todd Purdum Discusses His Vanity Fair Article On Palin: "Desperate" Decision That Revealed McCain's "Appalling Egotism" To His Staffers]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/30/todd-purdum-discusses-his_n_223569.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Todd Purdum was a guest on 'Hardball" tonight to discuss <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/sarah-palin200908">his mammoth 10,000-word Vanity Fair article on Sarah Palin</a> and her involvement in the McCain presidential campaign. The piece is filled with former McCain staffers making damaging statements (albeit anonymously) about Palin on a wide range of issues, from her lackluster efforts to prepare for debates to her diva-like behavior and strained relationships with the campaign staffers assigned to her.</p>

<p>Essentially, Purdum describes a "desperate" campaign which "took one of...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-07-01T09:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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