[Dutch Boy]

I think Barr is irrelevant to McCain. I think Palin brings far more Hillary voters to the table just because she is a woman.

[ExSoldier]

I'll say this: THE choice of Palin was absolutely the deciding factor for me and my wife in this election. Had he chosen Ridge, Lieberman or another RINO like Crist (my own governor) ... we'd have trembled and voted for Barr with full knowledge that it might be giving the election to Obama. But that knowledge was worth the risk in knowing we had to teach the Republicans that they can't abandon their "originating" (as the Democratic Pary abandoned their origins of farmers and ranchers in favor of whacked out extremists and minorities) base in favor of creating some kind of neocon base.