Yes, and from the exit polls and other data collected, the Fiscal Conservatives stayed home while the Religious Right held their noses and voted. Amazing how that turned out after the complaints ahead of time were that the voting would be the other way. McCain has no one to blame but himself for running off the Fiscal Conservatives. His Palin pick helped with all but Catholics. His bailout antics sealed his defeat.
Yes, I held my nose and voted. I put the unborn first and let go of my extreme dislike of most everything else McCain stands for; I'm very glad I did that, but I was no less PO'd at him.
the Fiscal Conservatives stayed home
hope they enjoy obama’s tax increases
“His Palin pick helped with all but Catholics.”
I think the Palin pick hurt most with Jews. Most American Jews are secular, not religious. They fear evangelicals more than islamists. Before the Palin pick, Obama was polling around 60%, but exit polling showed he pulled 76% of the Jewish vote.
Still, I think Gov. Palin was an exciting addition to the ticket who increased the base turnout. Without her it would have been a bigger blowout for Obama .... 52% isn’t exactly a landslide. Especially given the $$$ advantage he had (from sources unknown).
Both Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin made one major mistake with the financial meltdown ... blaming it all on the greed of Wall Street without setting out that “Wall Street” is far more Dem friendly than Republican, and the “Masters of the Universe” were the second largest donors by profession to Obama. McCain/Palin never properly articulated the Freddie/Fannie situation and the Dems promotion of NINJA loans and extortion of the banking/mortgage institutions.
Historically, for any Republican to win this year would have been abberant. In the last century only once did the party that held the White House for eight years win, and that was GHWB following very popular Reagan.
She helped with Devout Catholics probably.