From Salon.com:

The first time I noticed an indication of a radio frequency bouncing between the brains of Bush and Hughes was during Gov. Bush’s initial State of the State speech in Texas. Still a simple press hack, Hughes did not take to the riser in the Texas House of Representatives, instead standing off to the side, behind the shiny brass railing rimming the chamber’s floor.

“Look at Karen,” I said, nudging a colleague.

“Oh, my God. You’ve got to be kidding me.”

As Gov. Bush read the text of his speech from a teleprompter, his communications director was silently mouthing the words along with him. The synchronized delivery suggested a parent sitting in the audience of an elementary school pageant while mouthing forgotten lines as her child stood dumbstruck onstage.

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