Then he promptly bridled her from going after Obama, Steve Schmidt hated and undermined her, and McCain refused to defend her while his “friends” on the left ripped her to shreds.
McCain did choose Palin, but he never seemed comfortable with the choice.
He almost immediately, cast her to the wolves.
It was a vote of ‘no confidence’ from him that was promptly parlayed into a vote of ‘no confidence' from the public. He can blame himself for his failure because he was only grudging and half hearted in his support for his OWN choice!!