Heh, Mike Murphy might be the new "NBC political analyst"?

[ErinBerin84]

God, they really don't even try and hide the bias anymore...And I know, I take ANYTHING that Politico says with a grain of salt.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/M_Murphy_to_ink_with_NBC.html


M. Murphy to ink with NBC

Bringing full closure to the speculation that he will join John McCain's campaign, GOP strategist Mike Murphy will be announced tomorrow as a political analyst for NBC News, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.

Murphy acknowledged the move but declined to comment.

He has been a regular on "Meet the Press" this election season, often appearing alongside veteran Democatic consultant Bob Shrum, but had been rumored for weeks to be re-joining McCain's team.

By inking a network contract, however, he all but ensures that his advice will be dispensed via the airwaves or in private conversations with the candidate.

Murphy served as a top strategist in McCain's 2000 run but stayed on the sidelines this year as the Arizona senator and Mitt Romney, another former Murphy client, battled it out in the GOP primary.

Friends say he had been anxious to take a formal role with McCain, but top McCain aides had little enthusiasm for his return and Murphy was thought to have wanted full strategic authority as a condition for coming on board.

[NattPang]

1. Doesn't that mean that he really did join the McCain camp?

It is just that NBC will pay his salary.

[babylonsister]

2. Bwhahaha! Love the rethug's faith in McSame. "Sorry, John, I need to blog."

:rofl:

[bluestateguy]

3. He's at least a gentleman on the air

Not like all these other rude, catty and mean-spirited Republican "consultants" we see on TV everyday.

[DFLforever]

4. Apparently Murphy said it's me or the Rove guys

and McCain went with the Rove guys. Murphy supposedly hates them - think So. Carolina 2000.