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.
So you have now gone from “McCain/Palin was up 10 points days before the election, and Team Romney attacked him and caused him to lose the race” to
“One poll out of hundreds had McCain up by 8 points right after his convention, two MONTHS before the election, and if only the well-respected people at Team Romney had done more to help, he might have won.”
Personally, I don’t think “Team Romney” could possibly have helped McCain — they couldn’t even get Romney a nomination when he had all the money in the world and a 50-state organization.
Of course, Romney did do events for McCain, but hardly anything that was going to help McCain win the election.
I’m with you when you argue that Romney is not generally a help for others seeking election (he is very good at raising funds for candidates, but not for campaign events).