re: #313 lawhawk

Not likely. The country was going to vote Democrat - the economy was going against the GOP, 8 years of GOP in the WH, and McCain didn’t do nearly enough to separate himself from Bush, and Obama was a fresh face that was out-mavericky the maverick, and he was bringing the hope and change in a way that McCain could only dream of. McCain was running against history - and the history of how election cycles work. Ridge might have helped, but wouldn’t have closed the deal. Lieberman wouldn’t have helped.

maybe..it’s all speculation.
But McCain was ahead in the polls until Palin began doing her interviews.