If anyone is interested...transcripts up from Rick Davis and David Axelrod with Wallace on FNS

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WALLACE: Let's turn to the choice of Sarah Palin as the running mate. What does she add to the ticket? Does she bring new states into play? How are you going to use her?

DAVIS: Well, I think she is exactly what we needed to really focus the public's attention on the fact that the brand of John McCain, the maverick, the independent, the guy who's been railing against corruption and ethics abuses in Washington, the guy who wants reform government — and she reinforces that.

And it is a wonderful thing for our campaign to be able to get this kind of attention on our ticket for — coming out of the convention. We've had wonderful events, fantastic rallies. People are excited about this ticket. And let me tell you, this is a ticket that will govern Washington.

WALLACE: But aren't you vastly exaggerating her record as a reformer? Take a look. As mayor of Wasilla, she hired a Washington lobbyist and got $27 million in earmarks.

And in her less than two years as governor, Alaska has asked for $589 million in pork barrel projects. Her record as a reformer, particularly on the issue of earmarks, is far from clean.

DAVIS: Well, let's be clear about this. When she was mayor of Wasilla, there were already people in place who were getting those grants from the federal government. And small towns do a lot of that kind of activity because mayors...

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WALLACE: But, David, Sarah Palin is a political fact and she, at this moment, is a political phenomenon. And here's how Obama went after Governor Palin this week. Let's put it up on the screen. "My understanding is that Governor Palin's town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We've got 2,500 in this campaign."

Question: Does Senator Obama really believe that he has more executive experience than Governor Palin?

AXELROD: Well, look. We'll let the voters sort through the experience issue, but, Chris...

WALLACE: But Wait, wait. No, wait, wait.

AXELROD: Wait, wait. No, wait, wait. No, wait. Hold on a second, because we don't really know — you don't know as much as you should about her, and neither do we, because she was basically an unknown.

John McCain, we're told, wanted to pick Joe Lieberman, wanted to pick Tom Ridge. The right wing of his party ran him off of that. And she came in late in the game and no one really knows.

She hasn't sat down with you or any interviewer to ask any — answer any substantive questions. All she's done is read a couple of speeches. So there's a lot to be — to be learned about this ethics investigation in...

WALLACE: But it's a simple...

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