Many of us in the Lower 48 loved Sarah (still do!), but as I recall, quite a few Alaskans either did not want to vote for Sarah at that point, or were ambiguous - uncommitted.
The distracting problems from her two eldest children did not help.
Some Alaskans were still upset that she left her Governorship early. I understood it clearly. Sarah was an early target of what we now call ‘lawfare’ by the left.
It did not help matters when her former running mate ‘The Maverick’ never missed a chance to insult or diminish her in a public way. File under: “Things That Could Have Been”.
The Katie Couric loving ‘The Maverick’ - spit