Phil Byler
2010-08-07 11:23:43
I actually understand your comment. The McCain campaign did not catch fire, even though McCain demonstrably bested Obama at the Saddleback Forum and beat Obama in the debates in terms of substance. I don’t think McCain himself undercut Sarah Palin; she was his genuine choice; to this day, McCain and Palin have a sincerely good and respectful relationship. If it had been up to me, some of McCain’s campaign people would have been fired. With McCain’s biography and commitment to service of the nation and with a good campaign theme of “Country First,” it was frustrating to witness.
I still think, however, that what dictated the result in 2008 were the factors enumerated in my post that had nothing to do with John McCain.
