Gains made by the opposition party during midterm elections make you think she’s Einstein? “Why out here in the Mojave Desert you won’t find a single shark, thanks to this here can of Shark Repellent…”
Well, don’t forget he called the 2010 Republican taking of the house the most impressive thing EVER.
These are the largest gains any party has made in house seats since the 1938 election, and in 1938, Republicans had so few seats they had nowhere to go but up. Palin had a lot to do with that while Romney sat on the sidelines.
Incidently, I don’t think she’s actually running this time.
You are suggesting that her support is the reason they won? Fox supported them too. But that would not impact an election like one goofy quitter saying she was behind them?
She went out of her way to back a couple real bagger types who lost. They of course would not matter.
I couldn’t actually get through this thread, but I have this to say in regards to the original question:
I was quite sympathetic to Palin when she was running for VP. I thought she was doing a pretty good job as governor and didn’t display too many signs of craziness as governor. I thought the media was throwing her under a bus and extremely magnifying anything even faintly stupid she said. I liked how she admitted she didn’t know things rather than most politicians who just make crap up when they don’t know stuff, even though she caught a lot of flak for sounding stupid when she did that. I loved how she was a soccer mom who wasn’t dependent on her husband for her political aspirations (coughHillary). I wasn’t going to vote for her as VP (because I didn’t like McCain), but, you know, I could see myself voting for her.
And then she quit her job as governor. And that day I gave up in disgust. I admitted the Palin-bashers were right. I swore I was never ever going to vote for her for anything.
So, yes, I think it hurts her chances.
It should be a 100 percent total deal breaker. It can not be forgiven.