Get serious Troll. Nobody credits Carter’s defeat on his VP pick. Nobody credits Reagan’s success because of his VP pick.
By your logic Nixon would never have won after his performance in 1960 and Reagan should not have run after his primary defeat in ‘76.
Sarah is going to lead the ticket. In fact there are no other contenders that can be taken seriously by conservatives.
Carter didn’t lose because of Mondale, nor did McCain lose because of Palin. Nor did I suggest as much.
What I said was Palin wasn’t able to bring out more votes than 0bama.
It goes without saying that Neither was McCain.
That doesn’t mean it’s her fault he lost. It just means she didn’t have the support out there to help him win.
Elections are about which ticket has more supporters.
they can be supporters for any number of reasons.
There is no rule on why a person can or can’t support a ticket.
McCain’s strategy was to piggyback his election on Sarah Palin’s personal appeal. Unlike Reagan — who WON — McCain was not the star of his own ticket. Sarah Palin was. He ceded the top spot to her. But in the end, she had fewer people willing to come out and cast a vote on her behalf than 0bama did.
That is how elections are won and lost.