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Jack Cafferty is claiming that she was.  I still stand by my excitement about her from several months ago.  (notice the excitement about McCain’s anti-earmarking fiscal conservative-ism.  My how times change in a few short weeks.)

Cafferty even goes so far to ask what would have happened if McCain had selected someone like Romney.  And the best he can come up with is that Mitt wouldn’t have to have had the RNC buy him clothes and could name a paper that he reads.  Is that really all that Romney has over Palin?  Then why on earth would we care whether McCain picked Romney or Palin?

Or how about Tom Ridge, he asks.  What?  Are you serious?  Do you honestly think that two “good ol’ boys” would stand a chance in a very hot place in this race?  If anything, the race would be an even greater slide for Obama.  Something that I would bet Mr. Cafferty would like.

But in the end, this is my site, and it only matters what I think.  Was Palin a mistake?  Hell no.  In fact, I would add that the race would be a landslide for Obama if Palin weren’t in it.  With some friendly help from folks like Joe the Plumber, Joe Six Pack, and now Tito the Builder, the McCain/Palin ticket seems to be holding on by a string.  I would argue that it is because of Palin, not in spite of, that the race stands that way.  Her “downhome” attitude and lack of Play-By-The-Rules-edness have truly endeared her to many of the core constituents around the country.

It’s McCain’s downfall that has caused the current state of affairs.  As I alluded to at the beginning of this article, McCain used to be considered a fiscal conservative.  Or at least what passed for one.  In recent years, and most noticably, in recent months, we’ve seen a shift of dynamic towards what we would consider a “same ol’, same ol’” conservative.  That is, as my friend Jake likes to say, a “Liberal Light”.  All the fiscal policies of a Liberal, less socialist calories.

So, if you want to blame someone for the sorry state of affairs in the right wings, blame McCain.  He’s bowed far enough to the whims of his compatriots in the Republican party (and still not appeased them) that he’s made most of his more avid followers quite upset with him.  It should make for a pretty interesting night on the 4th.  I think the result is pretty evident at this point, but I truly think it could have been otherwise.  Now, I just need to decide if either would have been all that great…

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