She stumbled in some interviews, and had a few misjudgments in the glare of the ceaseless spotlight and unblinking cameras. Those missteps, too, are on me. She didn’t put herself on the ticket. I did. I asked her to go through an experience that was wearing me down, that wears every candidate down. I made mistakes and misjudgments, too. I said something wrong or inaccurate or poorly chosen from time to time. So did my opponent and his running mate, mistakes we attributed to the pressure and exhaustion of a national campaign. Ours were often overlooked or viewed less seriously than were Sarah’s
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