If Lieberman had run with McCain, it would have been a bloodbath. Palin was the ONLY reason I reluctantly changed my mind and voted for McCain. Before he named her, we were just not going to vote period. There were many, many like us.
I liked McCain’s pick of Palin. But I think McCain wanted to pick Joe. That’s all.
On the contrary, if Joe had been McCain’s VP pick, the ticket would have won over many more moderates than Palin won over conservatives. Instead, moderates abandoned the GOP and enough of the right stayed home to cost us the election anyway.