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He's never given a link to show that "days before" the election "some polls" had McCain/Palin up by 8 to 10 points".

I've given him the links that prove otherwise. In this case, I simply quoted from the RealClearPolitics site, showing the single poll done after Palin was picked which had McCain/Palin up by 8 points, on September 5-7, which was the convention bounce, right after days of attacks on Palin by the left.

For your viewing pleasure, here's a link to the polls: General Election McCain vs Obama Polls

Here's a link to a chart:

Interactive Chart McCain vs. Obama

But I'm sure you were alive last year, so you already know the facts, and know that McCain/Palin was never ahead by 10 points, was never ahead in ANY poll after September 25th, was never ahead by more than 3 points in the average, was never ahead in enough states to have a majority of the electoral votes, and was never ahead in a majority of the polls except for a few days right after the convention, with polls starting 9/13 swinging back to Obama except for 2 outlyers.

So without even getting into the sketchy sourcing and wildly unsubstantiated opinions reported as facts to support a faulty premise, we can dismiss the claim outright based on clearly understood FACTS.

McCain/Palin was NEVER ahead by 10 points; He was NEVER ahead in ANY poll after 9/25, he was only ahead in the averages immediately after the convention, and was back to being behind in the average and virtually every poll almost 2 months before the election.

Now, do you need me to do your research for you about what was SAID ON FREE REPUBLIC about how McCain's latching on the the bailout is what killed his chance of coming back in the polls? Of course, that was mostly near the end of september, and he was already behind, but there were slim signs he might be making a comeback before the bailout.

Of course, the generally "accepted" opinion is that Palin's appearances on national news shows is what thwarted his recovery. I don't agree with that, although it certainly didn't help.

Anyway, it's Always nice to point out irrefutable facts to people who can't bother to do a bit of research on their own before making false charges.

You ignore the issue and attack me.

You admit "McCain/Palin up by 8 points, on September 5-7".

8 Points ~ ,10 points is the same number, especially
when fed us by the fixed Romney MSM.

So the issue is you agree, McCain and Gov. Palin were
ahead, and could have used Team Romney's help.

But that was not to be. Nope. Romney is NOT a team player.
Romney is a sore loser.

Bottom line:

Romney is a loser.

He lost the primary to McCain.

Who will he lose it to in 2011?

I've given him the links that prove otherwise. In this case, I simply quoted from the RealClearPolitics site, showing the single poll done after Palin was picked which had McCain/Palin up by 8 points, on September 5-7, which was the convention bounce, right after days of attacks on Palin by the left.

Why can't you acknowledge that without Romney's staff spreading negative insider rumors to the press, and Romney obviously and intentionally not supporting his party's ticket in critical venues after the convention, they might have been successful?!

I believe that Romney and his former staff's backstabbing and collusion with the MSM caused the slide in polls through the anonymous negative stories that were published because of it.

It is clearly within reason to believe that without these spiteful attacks against McCain/Palin the election would have had a better outcome.