re: #147 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, I can’t stand Lieberman but from a pure political strategy point of view, whoever it was that picked Palin was …

right.

She was a game changer. The Reps would have gotten crushed even worse with Lieberman, up and down the ticket. But it was a devils bargain and now the Reps have to pay the price. I can add another metaphor to the mix, but I have a hard to time feeling sorry for Schmidt. Maybe he thought he could control/manage Palin.