Palin a drag on WHAT ticket? More like anyone else would drag her ticket.
I think that’s exactly the point Romney was making: let Sarah be Sarah. I think he makes a fair observation in that the liberals have been clutching at what she says and trying to play her off as an inexperienced buffoon. The whole foreign relations experience by being able to see Russia comment, for instance.
To an extent that’s hurt the left, as the public has recoiled a bit. But there’s no doubt it hurt the ticket after that initial huge surge. The media literally went on a Palin feeding frenzy shortly after that bump, and it’s only been after the debate where she held her own that they let up a bit.