Enough About McCain’s ‘Graciousness’ — It’s the Reason He Lost
One of the reasons I couldn’t vote for McCain is that his campaign was so stupidly negative. If he had spoken like he did in his concession speech throughout his campaign and not had Palin as his running mate, I think he would have stood a good chance of winning. Sure, he would have lost some of his base, which Palin was meant to solidify. She did that, but it was demonstrated that the election could be won without it. I think many moderates and undecideds would have voted for McCain if his campaign had not veered off into “palling around with terrorists” territory. Many of us admired him greatly in 2000 and he did have an edge with his experience and his past history of bucking his party. But when McCain bowed to the right wing of his party and brought Palin on board he lost us in the long run.
