Tough Talk at RGA

Jonathan Martin is on the ground in Miami covering the RGA and apparently there's been some McCain bashing from the speakers.

From Frank Luntz:

Noting that Obama has an e-mail list of 10 million voters, Luntz said that coalition "makes him and his supporters the most powerful special interest group in all of America."

"He's got 10 million names and our candidate doesn't know how to use this," Luntz continued, holding up his BlackBerry in the air. "There is a problem there."

"Stevie Wonder reads a teleprompter better than John McCain," Luntz cracked, drawing laughs.

And from Byron York:

National Review's Byron York, speaking on the '08 panel at the RGA: "You need to have a candidate who most Republicans actually like." ...

York pointed to the the diminished turnout from some conservatives to explain why the '08 presidential vote didn't shatter records.

"John McCain's problems with Republicans caught up with him."

Granted, these are snippets of longer speeches, so maybe Luntz and York praised McCain as well.

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