I think the thesis was fiscally conservative, social moderates stayed home. They were put off by sarah because of their social views. And they were pissed off at McCain for supporting the bailout and supporting an even more aggressive bailout for homeowners.
TO them, both candidates were the same and they stayed home.
Its hilarious. Usually RINO’s are called rino’s because they are not socially conservative but fiscal conservatives. He spent so much time reassuring his socially conservative base, he failed to realize how unpopular he was with fiscal conservatives.
Evangelicals turned out for McCain (26% of electorate versus 24% in 2004 with similar level of support for McCain), but fiscal conservatives did not.
You are correct.
Is this just another way of saying ‘pro-life’ versus ‘pro-abortion?
I am not joking either as I do not understand how anyone thinks that a social liberal can be fiscally conservative... people play somebody has to pay!
Sorry, but any negative about this election laid on Sarah is absurd. Without her it would have been an Obama landslide.
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Take you negative comments about Palin and put them somewhere else.
It seems they didn’t much care for this country, did they? Or were they determined to rid us of these rino republicans once and for all. I hope the Republicans that are left...will keep there selves out of sight...when this country really starts it’s economic collapse...there will be NO one to blame but the DONKEYS.
I think your analysis is correct.
McCain’s centrist reputation had the party in such an uproar. He picked a social-conservative/populist, and he probably lost the fiscal conservatives. But, if he had picked a social-moderate/fiscal conservative, he would’ve lost the social conservatives.
Maybe, if he had picked a running mate who was conservative across the board, he would’ve won. That’s all water under the bridge now, but we have to think of the future. If Palin is the future of this party, she’d better start cutting much more federal pork coming into her state and start supporting school choice/privatization. I want the Dept. of Education shut down. If she continues to support more funding for public schools, count me out.
I find it hard to believe there is a debate on this topic.
After supporting illegals and ‘fine gold’, there were to many conservatives that don’t trust McLame.
Those moves seemed like catering to the left for political gain.
We all knew this before he got the nod.
And most of us an FR knew he couldn’t win as a result.