I disagree. Sarah is the reason why I campaigned for McCain at all. Sarah got people fired up in my community. McCain did nothing for us, people were talking about sitting out the election. Sarah brought them back.
As to the people Sarah turned off, I don’t want them in the party anyway.
No, you agree. That's what I said. She helped preserve the conservative base that might have been tempted to sit out. I'm skeptical how many would have actually stayed home, given the presense of Obama as the other candidate. But that was her value--solidifying the base that the GOP should have been able to count on anyway. And that just shows that the real loss was due to McCain. He needed Sarah to merely break even with the base.
Same sentiment here in our neck-of-the-woods!
We voted FOR Sarah in ‘08 not for MCCain or against UhBamUh.
I’ve had a Palin McCain sticker on my truck since before the election with the McCain part removed. LOL