[onyx]

Of course Sarah Palin got McCain/Palin Those Three (3) Million More Votes in '08
than Romney got in 2012! (Duh)

[trisham]

How could there be any doubt?

[Covenantor]

Thanks for the ping.
See my 36 & 43.

[TADSLOS]

I came to the conclusion long ago that McCain, with the urging of Charlie Black, made the cynical decision to bring Sarah Palin on the ticket, not to win but to allow him to disengage from the campaign and revert back to his "bipartisan" back stabbing slithering. He knew he was going to lose to Obama and his staff knew. Palin became his convenient lightening rod to draw negativity away from him and allow a graceful exit back to the Senate chambers- which he essentially did when he suspended his campaign to push Bush's government bailout monstrosity.

Palin became his political piñata for the left and the GOP to beat on in effect, and his own staff willingly participated at taking their turn at bat on her.

[GeronL]

bump

[McGruff]

Sarah Palin was the only reason for any optimism over the last 6 years.

[Syncro]

Thanks for the ping, I found this little gem on the www (washingtonexaminer.com) titled "Report: You betcha Sarah Palin helped John McCain in 2008, has 2016 support base" <----Link

Here's some of the story, it was short so I had to snip it up in order to be only half the words per the rules:

It's been debated for five years, and the conventional wisdom has generally concluded that Sarah Palin... hurt Sen. John McCain's chances to beat then-Sen. Barack Obama for the presidency with her outsized and controversial personality.

... in the final analysis, the former Alaska governor helped McCain by attracting more voters to the ticket, crushing a mainstream media view.

...she attracted wider press attention than most prior veep candidates...

"Palin had a positive effect on McCain," according to the new Palin analysis in the authoritative Political Research Quarterly.

"Palin did not have a negative effect on McCain's voter share overall, nor did she result in eroded support for McCain among critical swing voters such as independents and moderates," the duo wrote.

Their analysis picked apart a recent report that Palin drove off voters and was uniquely divisive, claiming it was flawed.

I think that Katie Klonoscapi's first question to Palin after the election was did you hurt McCain's chances.

And the media still parrots that, even thought she brought out a couple of million voters for McCain.

Of course ACORN and various other voter fraud tactics won the election for Obama.

Twice.

The "duo" spoken of in the article is two political science professors from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill who did the analysis.

Full story at link.

[RedMDer]

I voted for Sarah and the old coot.
McCain drove me nuts with his support of Obama during that campaign.