This is a pretty classic "open mic" incident between Chuck Todd, Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan:
Here is the transcript:
Noonan: [Can't hear since Todd (who is still on air) is talking over her]
Murphy: Um, you know, because, I come out of the blue swing state governor world. Engler, Whitman, Tommy Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, I mean, and these guys, this is all like how you win a Texas race, just run it up, and it's not gonna work.
Noonan: It's Over.
Murphy: Still, McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech and do himself some good.
Todd: Don't you think this Palin pick is insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchinson to...
Noonan: I saw Kay this morning...
Todd: She's never looked comfortable about..
Murphy: They're all bummed out.
Todd: I mean, is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?
Noonan: The most qualified? No. I think they went for this, excuse me, political bullshit about narratives and youthfulness and the picture...
Todd: Yeah, but what's the narrative?
Murphy: I totally agree.
Noonan: Every time Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at, they blow it.
Murphy: You know what's the worst thing about it, the greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and..
Murphy and Todd together: This is cynical.
Todd: And as you called it, gimmicky.
Classic.
Oh, and if you can pick out some of the conversation that I couldn't understand, feel free to post it.
Update
Oh yeah, hat tip to Talking Points Memo.
Update 2
Hat tip to everyone correcting and refining the transcript
Update 3
OK, gossamer thinks Todd's line that I can't really hear is "Don't you think McCain will take this insulting to Kay Baily Hutchinson?"
That kind of doesn't make sense, but what do you guys think?
Update 4
OK, I think Todd is saying something along the lines of "Don't you think McCain will think this insulting to Kay Baily Hutchinson to..."
Thoughts?
Update 5
I think Cixelsyd finally hit the Todd line.