In this video of a small press gaggle earlier today at the RNC in St. Paul, Texas Sen. Hutchison defends McCain's choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as running-mate. When asked why she didn't want to be vice-president, she says (at about 7:20), "I didn't want to spend the next four years in Washington, and I really don't. And I really have decided I'm going to go in a different direction." Her "different direction"? Veering towards the governor's mansion . . . [The Uptake]

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She may not know how to pick a winner, but she definitely knows how to avoid a loser.