re: #24 Odahi

Well, food for thought. However, McCain was/is the quintessential RINO. Running HIM didn’t get such great results, either.

Everyone keeps saying that, but I disagree.

It is a cyclic phenomenon; McCain was as middle of the road as a GOP candidate can get. After 8 years of Bush and the rhetoric coming from the other side, Americans were convinced radical change was necessary. It was not, but people were fed the bullshit from the MSM.

ANY GOP candidate would have lost. It did not matter who McCain picked. Lieberman? Two old guys. Romney? Another white religious fanatic. Rudy? Another career politician. The attacks would have doomed any VP choice. Palin was an easy target.