That an argument for losing. Karen Handel didn't have a snowball's chance to make the runoff until Sarah Palin endorsed her -- rocketing the least conservative candidate ahead of much better candidates.
Karen Handel is the only GOP candidate who failed to gain the endorsement of Georgia Right to Life. Karen Handel denied giving money to Log Cabin Republicans -- until a copy of her dues check appeared. Is that not an ethics issue?
Sarah Palin failed to exercise due diligence before endorsing Karen Handel. Sarah Palin has proven that the has the courage to speak. But Sarah Palin has also proven that she lacks the wisdom to know when not to speak.
I don't disagree. Again, I was responding to a poster or posters who wondered why Sarah endorsed her and why Handel did well. I was commenting on that.
Damn people are looking to be mean.
I don’t know about her not having a chance. She was doing fairly well in polls before Palin endorsed her.
I think Palin endorsed her around 7/6 or so.
In an Insider Advantage poll on July 1 she was tied for 1st at 18%
In a Survey USA poll in June she was 2nd at 18%, still in the runoff.
In Inside Advantage polls in both Apr and Feb she was 2nd with 13 and 18.
In a PPP poll from Feb she was 2nd with 19%.
So she was looking good to make the runoff before Palin’s endorsement.
Now, she did a lot better after, but she didn’t exactly have no chance before.
If anything I’d say it was more Palin(or more likely someone close to her)sensing that Handel was trending upwards and that she’d bee a good investment so to speak. She endorses her and when Handel wins Palin ends up looking good even though Handel very well was on her way to winning anyway.