It is my opinion that the media needed to shut Palin up. She upstaged Obama and the only time McCain was ahead of Obama was after Palin sliced and diced him. “A mayor is a lot like a community organizer except with responsibilities “. Obama tried to use Palin’s what is the differance between a pit bull and hockey mom? Line and flubbed it. The press went after Palin with ever bit of vitriol they had and it was nauseating. They made the election a contest between Palin and Obama, not Obama and McCain. Then brought ever device they could to destroy Palin.You can not imagine how much contempt I have for these people . I guess this is the final insult to a great patriot and American. She was right about so much. Obama “we can’t drill our way out of this” Palin “drill baby drill”. We are now one of the leading oil producers in the world.
They only lead immediately after her selection, then petered out. There was one outlying poll on 9/21 from George Washington University that showed them ahead by two points. Otherwise, it was all Obama.