Rep. Quayle Didn't Mean to Smack Politico Quite so Hard

The weird news of the day comes out of Rep. Ben Quayle‘s (R-Ariz.) office: His press secretary is a former Politico employee Richard Cullen. He was VandeHarris’ assistant for a year and a half.

We wondered if he hates Politico as much as his boss, who remarked that Politico is the worst publication in history last night during his speech at the Radio & TV Association’s Congressional Correspondents’ Dinner.

Sure enough, Cullen doesn’t, and Quayle’s office appears to be extending an olive branch.

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