If McCain had picked anyone other than Palin, he would have lost even worse. She was drawing the crowds, not him. Face it, McCain ran a terrible campaign, but I don’t know if any Republican could have won this year.
The way that the MSM slimed Palin and her family is disgraceful...but effective. Quite a few of my acquaintances (far too many) were willing to believe that Palin was a hyper-religious bimbo way out of her league. With the experience of this campaign under her belt, and 4 years to sharpen her skills, she can change a lot of minds in 2012.
People of Faith in this country I think rallied much more for passing Prop *8 protecting Traditional Marraige than they were in rallying for the Mc/Cain/Palin ticket...
Most of the Christians I know do not trust any politicians and really were not concerned with the election...
They were much more concerned about Prop*8