Umm, since when are the vice-presidential nominees responsible for the fate of the ticket? Is anyone blaming Lloyd Bentsen, Jack Kemp, Paul Ryan or even John Edwards for the failure of their ticket? Gov. Palin was the only glimmer of hope that John McCain ever had of beating the force of nature that was the 2008 Obama campaign, but he threw it away with the pause of the campaign and not allowing Palin to go to states that were probably winnable. He took a dive.
She was the reason I ended up voting for McCain. I had intended to sit it out, then he picked her for a running mate and I listened to her for a couple of times, I decided to vote for her by voting for McCain.