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" My husband saw me go through the 2008 campaign cycle. We did it together for Sarah Palin and John McCain. It ended disastrously, and afterward I really wanted to do something different, so I started writing novels, and I imagined a fictional female president in my head. "

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" The idea of a mentally ill vice president who suffers in complete isolation was obviously sparked by the behaviors I witnessed by Sarah Palin. What if somebody who was ill-equipped for the office were to ascend to the presidency or vice presidency? What would they do? How long would it take for people to figure it out? "

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Nicolle Wallace

Much

Said

" Everybody wants to do 'The View.' It's this iconic show. When I worked at the White House, I used to watch the beginning to see what they were talking about. If a political topic was on their radar, I used it as ammunition with the president or the White House staff. "

" I wasn't the only one that saw Sarah Palin vacillate between glorious highs on the campaign trail - and, you know, while she was speaking and at the convention - to really troubling lows when she seemed stumped in interviews. "

" If you're dating the quarterback and then you go out with the hockey player, you just go to the hockey games. I don't think I'll still go to the football games. "

" I never really thought that anyone thought there was just one kind of Republican woman. "

" I'm a huge fan of a Hillary Clinton candidacy. I think Hillary will be an incredibly strong candidate, and hopefully it will inspire my party to put up someone great. "

Nicolle Wallace

Great

Think

" Sometimes with the Palins, it's exactly what it looks like. "

Nicolle Wallace

Looks

Sometimes

" A life in politics is for people who know themselves and know where their own line is between loyalty and honesty. "

" I don't think that a woman in politics exists or thrives on her own. "

" There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me. "

" A lot of newsrooms have thought very carefully about how they cover race. I don't think the same conversations have gone on regarding women. "

" I worked for Sarah Palin. I have the political staffer version of P.T.S.D., so whenever I hear that she's breaking her silence, my heart stops. "

" I think politics is like an X-ray machine: Everything is found out eventually. "

Nicolle Wallace

Think

Everything

" During the day, I don't read too much of the blog traffic, but then at night, I read transcripts of all of the network packages, and then I watch the wires and some of the political blogs. "

" I didn't have a special secret about Sarah Palin. I just had a feeling and some concerns. Her blank stares and her lashing out in some interviews, I think, gave voters pause about her, too. "