Oh, come on. McCain would have won even if Palin had endorsed Hayworth.
There was a thread yesterday where Palin's endorsement was just pure magic, a think of incredible power. But when the subject is McCain, why, she had nothing to do with it.
She had lot to do with it. She endorsed him very early in the race, when the polls showed almost a dead heat. She drew a lot of early attention away from Hayworth to McCain and made those absurd claims that McCain was what the Tea Party was all about.
Then McCain spent his $21 million, and ran Palin radio ads throughout most of the campaign.
The question is still: Is Sarah a John McCain Republican? She's still talking in generalities and a lot is still not known about her position the issues. She has never separated herself from McCain on the issues.