Huffingtonpost: The sniping between McCain staffers and Palin defenders has only gotten worse since Todd Purdum’s lengthy Vanity Fair article slamming Sarah Palin came out. Now Politico’s Jonathan Martin has come out with a piece in which the sniping has blown up into an all-out war inside the Republican party.

The piece is filled with on-the-record quotes from high-level and high-profile Republicans bashing each other, most prominently Bill Kristol going after McCain presidential campaign manager Steve Schmidt. Longtime McCain friend and adviser Mike Murphy went on “Hardball” tonight to discuss a segment the show billed as the GOP’s ‘Circular Firing Squad. [ READ MORE ]

Republicans Trade Insults Over lengthy Vanity Fair article slamming Sarah Palin came out. Now Politico’s Jonathan Martin Palin Article

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ANALYSIS: The Sarah Palin Chronicles Mask Deeper GOP Troubles — Whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has a national political future is but one of the debates swirling around in the Republican Party, which saw its minority status underscored this week with Democrat Al Franken’s Senate victory.

Recriminations Resume Over Former Vice Presidential Pick — Palin’s performance as McCain’s vice presidential running mate created a wide gulf in public opinion between those who found her fresh and appealing and those who found her shallow and unready. That she divided Democrats from Republicans was not the surprise. But as the campaign went on, and even more since, she has become a source of division within the Republican Party, at least among GOP strategists, insiders and talking heads. [ READ MORE ]

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