His policies are closer to Democrat than Republican. He's very old, too old to appeal to the youngest group of voters who in fact decided the election. His personality was also the subject of honest concern, he has a long reputation of being a hothead.
He would have been an OK President, but he stood no chance of winning against the charming Mr. 0bama and his teleprompter.
Obama is black and people thought he was Muslim (and I think he is). We had every chance in the world to win that election based on those two things alone. However, McCain’s numbers began slipping as Palin kept getting hit and while I believe that a majority of Americans were ready to put him office, they were not ready for him to die and for her to replace him
2008 should have been a gimme. Black candidate with Muslim roots. Writes a book that contains personal revelations that usually kill politicians. Doesn’t even actually win the nomination by popular vote and large numbers of his primary opponent supporters hated him (and still do). Obama should have been an easy victory, even with the crash. And, you’re obviously a Palin fan and so this is why you feel so strongly but, a lot of us disagree and many of us do hold her responsible for this moron that we have in there now.
There are also other more personal reasons I don’t like Palin but politically she was the wrong person to run in 2008 and she’s even more wrong for 2012. It’s just the way it is. I’d vote for her as nominee but I’d never vote for her in a primary and will probably actively work against her in 2012.