[misterrob]

The intellectualism isn't the problem it is the lack of a clear message that people can follow/really get behind. I know there are some that like to rip on others for “usen dem big werds” but to say that stupidity reigns as the argument simply doesn't hold true.

Palin wasn't the problem, McCain was. If he could have put together a good enough story and articulated in a way that inspired competence then the ticket would have done better.

[Prokopton]

If he could have put together a good enough story and articulated in a way that inspired competence then the ticket would have done better.

That's the problem. We don't need anyone to "put together a good enough story", that's what liberals do. We need someone who is grounded in conservative principles and is willing to fight for them. McCain certainly wasn't that person and neither is Froo Froo Frum.