Bobby Jindal

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

2.) If you think Palin lost the election for McCain, then you must not be that well-acquainted with many Republicans. They liked her more than McCain, and still do.

That doesn't invalidate the "Palin lost the election" theory. Palin did round up the Republican base and brought many people who were not going to vote to the voting booth on November 4th but with the help of other factors, Palin really only hurt McCain when it came to swing voters. It may have evened out and maybe Palin actually did help McCain compared to other potential candidates, we can never know (maybe???), but there is no doubt that Palin did not help McCain in many respects.

If McCain did win, there would be much uneasiness on how she would do, even more then Obama IMO, and her further polarizing the political landscape, while not exclusively, did nothing to help the situation as well.