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...also swayed by the possibility of America electing its first black President, who could get the country "past the old racial baggage we have lugged around for so many years." "I understand that appeal," Salter continued, sounding neither bitter nor upset. "I think McCain probably, as you can tell from his speech last night, felt part of that a little himself. And I think that required the press, then, to start rationalizing McCain into something he wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Aide Mark Salter Reflects on the Defeat | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...Hampshire after his campaign collapsed in 2007 under the weight of mismanagement and poor fund-raising. "There was nothing except a mental and emotional confidence - this is what I set out to do, and I will do this. And if I fail, I fail - but no one will tell me I failed until I have," Salter said. "That must be kind of a glimpse of a kind of emotional toughness that got him through Vietnam. He is just way above average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Aide Mark Salter Reflects on the Defeat | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...going to drop dead. He didn't bitch, he didn't moan. There were no recriminations. There was nothing except a mental and emotional confidence--this is what I set out to do, and I will do this, and if I fail I fail, but no one will tell me I failed until I have. That must be kind of a glimpse of a kind of emotional toughness that got him through Vietnam. He is just way above average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exit Interview with Top McCain Aide Mark Salter | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...people want to [push forward] Civil Rights, something that gets America past the old racial baggage we have lugged around for so many years. They feel like this would be an historic achievement for the country. And I understand that appeal. I think McCain probably, as you can tell from his speech last night, felt part of that a little himself. And I think that required the press then to start rationalizing McCain into something he wasn't. He's an honest, honorable guy, who pressed and fought his way through the world's worst political environment. And played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exit Interview with Top McCain Aide Mark Salter | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...Tell me about the line where he says, the failure here was not yours it was mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exit Interview with Top McCain Aide Mark Salter | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

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