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« on: August 17, 2010, 08:23:19 AM » |
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The idea of a conservative woman as a running-mate is actually a masterstroke... Bush did very well with women in 2004 - but Palin was the wrong one...
She enthused hardcore conservatives... good, McCain's biggest weakness... but her clear lack of intellectual curiosity and her being an embodiment of all negative conservative stereotypes... sent moderates and liberals fleeing from McCain (groups that McCain could have eaten into).
I don't think Palin shifted votes to Obama from McCain- those who liked her were probably never going to vote for Obama. I do think her presence hurt McCain in NC, IN, OH, FL but I don't think it would have changed the results... but the size of the some of the margins.
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