McCain was flailing around well before that. His “fight with me, fight with me” speech at the convention was an embarrassment. He would NOT get in that mans face. At least Serra talked about “palling around with terrorists.” I think McCain saw what a mess was coming down the pike and took a dive, I really do. But when he shut down his campaign to return to Washington and then got there and basically said “whatever they decide is fine”, well that turned a lot of people off. It was like sKerry’s famous boat ride to the convention floor. It was supposed to be very dramatic and flopped.
I have this suspicion now that you didn’t vote for McCain in 2008?
Am I right?
Typical conservative faithful would dismiss the ackwardness of McCain’s line “Fight with Me”. But somehow, you could still remember that. No. The convention did well for the ticket based on the polls.
The Financial Crisis was the turning point. Nobody could save the party... even Palin. It was the culmination of “Bush’s Fault”. The ticket was bound to lose, even if McCain did not shot down his campaign.
Obama would still win even if the nominee was Romney or Huck.