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McCain needs to just go away.
‘If you pick anyone else, you’re going to lose. But if you pick Palin you may win. ...'- Charlie Black- McCain senior political advisor and K Street lobbyist
The reason Black had to give that "straight talk" to Johnny- McCain and his campaign manager Rick Davis crafted a strategy early on during the primaries going after the left center and independent voters (remember how he "won" the Florida primary?) Remember SIT DOWN and SHUT UP yelled at conservatives by McCain early in the campaign?
McCain paid for that approach in loss of conservative support that FORCED him to choose Palin over Lieberman to gain conservative support back. He got a temporary spike due solely from Palin on the ticket, then he pulled the bailout stunt and actually paid homage to Obama in the closing stretch. In the meantime, his own staff was torpedoing Palin at every turn (and still are). It was like watching the political version of seppuku. And the liberal GOP "leadership" from Bush on down watched and let it happen.