“As it turned out McCain was the most beatable Republican Obama could have faced.”
Without Sarah, McLame would have gone down to an even worse Ignominious defeat! Many voted for him because Sarah was on the ticket.
Exactly. In McCain the Obama campaign got the candidate they wanted to run against. They couldn't control the veep pick, and while Palin on the ticket was never enough for the win she did help keep it from being even worse than it was.
"Without Sarah, McLame would have gone down to an even worse Ignominious defeat! Many voted for him because Sarah was on the ticket."MegaDitto on that. In fact my favorite "thing" in 2008 was saying:
Tippecanoe and Sarah too.
Ya'll can read between the lines.