The Sarah Palin Defect

And possibly costing McCain the election...Absurdity...No

Would you ever believe Joe Biden is more favorable than Sarah Palin. Well I can't claim that. However, the numbers are very close (within 2 points), yet Palin is viewed unfavorable by a margin of 3:2 over Biden. Simply most people don't know much about Biden.

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Why has Palin been a bad pick? Clearly she has polarized the base, and the pickup McCain received was from the base. However, how many of them would have voted for McCain anyway. Probably at least half of them. Yet, because she is considered far right, and is considered to have little to no experience, McCain has lost the most precious part of the electorate, the independents. The Ny Times poll shows that most people believe Palin was only chosen because it would help McCain win, not because she was well qualified. Biden on the other hand was seem qualified according to the pollsters. Barak Obama picked up 8 points in the moderate category while McCain lost 3 points. This is going to really hurt McCain in the battle ground states.