“Interesting comment. What was her baggage? “
McCain was too much for even Palin to rescue ... although she tried.
Sarah is the only thing which kept this election from being something like a 60%-40% blowout.
She spent a lot of time in southwest Pennsylvania and was the main reason our swing county went 58% for McCain.
McCain didn't even show up here-- every volunteer I talked to or worked with here in Westmoreland County was there because of Sarah.
This is NOT a Republican county. Mondale carried it during the Reagan landslide of 1984. Registered Democrats are over 60% of the voter rolls here. No Republican has ever been elected to the state house of representatives from our district since it was created in 1969 until this year.
This county is heavily Catholic, blue collar and union, more urban than rural and we saw everyone campaign here this year except McCain-- Obama, Biden, Hillary and Sarah. And guess who beat them all?
Given a little more time ... she would have done it!
The month after her announcing ... she was absent from the scene. A big mistake, as it reduced her exposure to the public.
She learned a lot from the experience of how the game is played in Washington, didn’t she?
She has what it takes to connect with the people.