did not you yourself cite one
source which had the 10 point figure
of GOP was ahead?
no wonder Team Romney decided to go after the
woman and children.
That was before Palin had even done her first interview, almost 2 MONTHS before the election, not “days”, and was the only 10-point lead in a week that showed two 2-point leads and several Obama leads.
In the RCP average, McCain never broke the margin of error (hitting 2.8 on September 8, 2009). His state-by-state numbers weren’t really any better.
Palin of course was attacked immediately upon her nomination, by a press which hates being “surprised”, hates conservatives, and hates the idea of being kept from access.
Still, McCain did get a bounce from his pick and his convention. It just never really amounted to anything, it faded as most bounces do, and McCain was never able to sell himself. And when he supported Tarp, even Palin couldn’t help him. His support of TARP and his actions at that time (suspending his campaign for one) is what sunk him, not Palin, or the attacks on Palin.
I’m looking forward to reading Palin’s book, I suspect we’ll get a great view of how disfunctional and untrusting McCain’s campaign team was.
Your fixation on blaming a non-entity for what happened only obscures the truth, as I’m sure we’ll see when we all get to read Palin’s book.
On the other hand, I have little respect for most of the political consultants and campaign managers that were running campaigns in 2008. I wouldn’t want my remarks to suggest otherwise. campaign staff tend to overclaim credit and oversell blame.