[johnandrhonda]

"Show me any time in the history of this country, when the VP candidate ever made a presidential candidate lose, instead of the presidential candidate himself."

I believe that keeping Dan Quayle cost GHW Bush the election to Clinton.

For handling the financial meltdown in the fall of 2008, neither Obama, Biden, McCain or Pailin had any financial cred -- but Romney did...

[SmokingJoe]

“I believe that keeping Dan Quayle cost GHW Bush the election to Clinton”

Nonsense.
GHW Bush's breaking of his promise of “Read my lips, no new taxes”, finished him off for good in that election.

“For handling the financial meltdown in the fall of 2008, neither Obama, Biden, McCain or Pailin had any financial cred — “

McCain completely killed any chances of winning when he voted for the bailouts. After that, nothing was going to save him. Without Palin he'd have lost on a massive scale jut like Walter Mondale did.

[ansel12]

What lost the election for Bush was the Friday night kneecapping by the Special Prosecutor before the Tuesday election, it stopped and reversed his closing momentum.