Rendell, Specter say Palin hurt McCain's chances (in Pennsylvania)

[RamboLiberal]

Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell told business leaders at a postelection breakfast that John McCain would have had a better chance of winning Pennsylvania with a different running mate, and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, a GOP moderate, rejected the idea that the Republican party might belong to Palin.

Rendell said McCain made a mistake in selecting Palin.

"It drove the last of the Republican moderates into the Democratic column," Rendell said. "It turned off the independent voters and ... literally you have five Hillary Clinton voters in the state of Pennsylvania who voted for the Republican ticket."

Specter was asked if the Republican Party now belongs to Palin.

He flatly answered "No," to laughter and applause. He then said, "If my answer needed amplification, I would've done so."

Rendell then quipped, "I think the answer to that is, 'you betcha.'"

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_597100.html

[Metric System]

1. Clearly Palin was used by the GOP and even they didn't truly believe she was qualified. Palin being

picked as VP was never a great moment for the advancement of women because she was picked for all the wrong reasons. It was the type of pick that could have set women back and more than anything, it was a cynical pick designed to capitalize on Hillary's historic run.

[DrToast]

2. Arlen Specter in the "No Palin" column. Check!

[CreekDog]

3. In a related story: water very wet!

:rofl:

[Eurobabe]

4. No shit Sherlock, I know a few moderate Repubs who didn't vote

because that knuckledragging idiot was on the ticket.

[Marsala]

5. Should've picked Ridge

Even if he alienated the base, he would have put Pennsylvania in play and changed the map. Losing Pennsylvania after putting extra time and money into it was just terrible.

[PCIntern]

6. There's talk in PA that Ridge's marriage broke up

under interesting circumstances...I think that's why he was off the list.

Anyone would have been better than Mooselini for McCain...but he liked her ass and those fake boobies.

[Bunny]

8. Ridge's marriage broke up?

What?

[ej510]

9. Another gay republican?

[barack the house]

7. I think it's mostly that PA has the highest rate of foreclosure so they were done from the point of

the meltdown really.