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The Screwups of Campaign '08
Presidential campaigns are so carefully stage-managed that few things are as entertaining as the mistakes politicians make on the trail. Throughout the 2008 race, check out TIME.com's ongoing chronicle of each candidate's gaffes, and then vote on just how big a screwup each one is
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Sarah Palin
Oct. 31, 2008
"I don't think at the moment she is prepared to take over the brains of the presidency. I can name for you any number of other vice presidents who were not particularly up to it, either."
—Lawrence Eagleburger, a former secretary of state and McCain supporter, telling NPR he doesn't think Palin is up to the task of taking over the presidency in a crisis, but could become "adequate" if not "a genius in the job." The campaign brushed off Eagleburger's criticism.
— Katie Rooney
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