give it up. Bush cost McCain votes, not Palin.
Both of them cost McCain votes.
Palin cost him votes with some democrats and independents, but added to his base which was needed. Alright I guess she cost him the vote of Colin Powell.
The GOP base was going to vote for McCain anyway since they wouldn't have wanted a "baby-killing librul Muslim socialist" in the Oval Office. I agree that Palin did cost McCain a lot of votes with Democrats and independents. Many women who supported Hillary planned to support McCain, but once they saw how stupid Palin was they decided to support Obama instead since they felt that Palin made all women seem this stupid.
No, many of them would have stayed home if McCain had chosen some "moderate" loser like Lieberman or Romney or Giuliani.
