(RCP) — “Perhaps she didn’t know of the context of that phrase,” NBC correspondent and MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell said.

“Maybe she was ignorant of it, to give her the benefit of the doubt,” Mitchell added.

Mitchell has always had an unhealthy obsession (to put it mildly) with Palin. Remember this failed ambush at a book signing when she shoved a Newsweek cover in Palin’s face?