[Plutarch]

"He was positioning himself with Palin at the expense of John McCain's campaign message," said one of the aides.

Riiiight. Let's see, add Palin...

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[Plutarch]

My post above shows McCain at the Sturgis rally, where he had to go to find a crowd before Sarah. I've been unable to find McCain/Palin crowd shots that demonstrate some of the very large crowds (>20,000) that Palin especially regularly drew.

For Obama, there is always an MSM crane shot, with him in front of an adoring throng of Obamabots. For McCain/Palin, that shot was never shown.

[yongin]

Imagine the outcome yesterday if Mac picked a Joe Lieberman, Tom Ridge, or Rob Portman as Veep. Nuff said.