re: #260 Dr Lizardo

Because if the religious right had abstained from the 2008 election, McCain’s defeat would’ve been assured. Basically, political calculus. The GOP and the RR can’t live without each other. The RR needs the GOP for its party infrastructure, and the GOP needs the RR for its GOTV efforts.

I think a lot of people realize that Re: McCain but at the same time, I think he could have selected someone both more qualified and less extreme and still satisfied them. What gets me is how McCain is too proud to admit he fucked up with the Palin pick.