NYcarbineer
Diamond Member
And by the time McCain lost economic credibility with the campaign "suspension" stunt, on September 24 - he had already lost all his convention bounce and was already trailing by more (3.5) than he was before announcing Palin (2.9).
Sure, you can try to spin it otherwise, but those nasty facts just keep getting in the way.
The stunt that Palin effusively praised him for.
It was steadily downhill after that. But the notion that Palin helped him is just pure fantasy. The far right would LIKE to believe that pandering to them will cure all ills for the GOP, but in doing so the GOP loses the moderates.
If the GOP cannot win without moderates AND the far right, then they are in trouble. Because they can't figure out how to hold both.
It's funny how the Palin fans conveniently forget all the bullshit they spewed out after Palin was picked. Just randomly, shit like she was going to help McCain with the conservative base, she was going to help McCain with women, she was going to help McCain with the working class in the rust belt, blah blah.
It was all a pipe dream.