We're all atwitter this evening because there's a video out there that pulls the curtain back, just barely, to show that Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan aren't as confident about their VP nominee as we've been led to believe.
That, by itself, isn't remarkable. WE know - even if the MSM won't let on to it - that there's a great deal of uncertainty and doubt within the party about the selection of Gov. Mooseburger.
But you'd never know it to watch the GOP talking heads and rank-and-file delegates on the floor. I just saw Luke Russert on MSNBC giving one of his "youth reports," interviewing a 20-year-old delegate from Virginia. (Over the jump for my transcript-like object...)
Here's a rough paraphrase:
LUKE: Are you worried about the selection of a VP nominee with so little experience?
DELEGATE: Well, she's had experience as an executive, where it counts.
Again, this was not a professional GOP politician, just a random delegate, and I'm pretty sure Young Russert could have grabbed anyone else off the floor and gotten the same "executive experience" line and the same "excited about Palin" smile.
Hate 'em, despise 'em or just pity 'em, you've got to admit that the Republicans are still scary good at getting everyone in the party in goosestep - er, lockstep - with the talking point of the day. It's a pretty stark contrast to the muddled narrative coming out of our side heading into Denver, and even if you believe (as I certainly do) that the media made way too much of the "party in disarray" storyline, it seems to me that many of us made that narrative far too easy to construct, too.
Is there a lesson to be learned here? Or have I been watching too much GOP convention coverage and getting brainwashed as a result?