McCain was the #1 problem on the ticket, and Palin was the #2 problem on the ticket.
Normally VP candidates don’t matter, this much is true.
But everyone knows that this past election was different.
I paid attention to the election.
I am well aware it was agreed by all that McCain was irrelevant, that Sarah Palin was the GOP ticket.
She got all the attention. She was the star. it was her vs. 0bama.
McCain and Biden were completely side-lined.
It was less than a year ago. You were there, don’t you remember?
And 0bama trounced Palin-McCain by 10 million votes and nearly 10 points.
You can’t act now as though Sarah didn’t really count on the ticket after all that (but at the same time claim that she was the only one who pulled in votes.)
No matter how you come at it, the fact remains that Palin’s name was right there on the ticket for all to vote for, and the voters decided not to in record amounts.
Palin was also making deep inroads into Obama when McCain’s camp put the muzzle on her and they walked back her comments... at the same time McCain started praising Obama and MCCAIN voted for TARP!.. not Palin... McCain also refused to allow Palin to go up into Michigan, etc., and campaign.
You are in denial, Megan.