Yes, the Rhino establishment opposed her from the moment McCain selected her as her running mate.
I have never bought the idea that she hurt his chances.
She brought life to a morbid campaign.
Oh, absolutely. Willard’s people were backstabbing her from Jump Street. She almost accidentally caused McCain (whom we all know now, just like Willard, was a ringer for Zero) to lurch into the lead. That was not how the script was supposed to go. They fixed it quick, though.
As an aside, I voted for her in the general with the hope that McCain would drop dead from the stress of the job. If McCain had picked Willard (or his first choice, Joe Lieberman), I would not have voted for the ticket at all. I refused to vote for the Socialist assclowns (Willard & RINO Paulie) in 2012 (voted for Congressman Virgil Goode instead, the only Conservative running for President).
She brought real life and purpose to not just “a morbid campaign”, but to a campaign that was dead and maggot infested, like the rest of the Rino party.