McCain will pull a Truman upset...

[NJ5]

HappySqurriel said:

NJ5 said:
So behind all that optimism, do you think McCain is kicking himself for choosing Palin?

 

Realistically, this election will (probably) be so close because McCain chose Palin ...

John McCain has difficulty relating to average-ordinary working/middle-class Americans, fiscally conservative people, and socially conservative people; these are the voters that are most commonly considered the “Base” of the Republican party and without them it would be difficult to win an election.

There are no established conservative-republicans who could have attracted the attention and support from the Republican base like Sarah Palin has.

What if he had chosen someone who knew a lot about the economy?

But when I wrote that, I was thinking more about the poll numbers which show Palin is disliked by more than half of republicans. This means Palin wasn't a good choice, doesn't it?