You’ve probably heard the story: two men on a camping trip suddenly see this terrifying Grizzly Bear come come charging down a hill toward them. The first guy, seeing the bear coming, calmly starts putting on his shoes. The second, guy, panic-stricken, says, “You fool! You can’t run faster than a bear!” The second finishes tying his shoes, stands up, and says, “I don’t have to run faster than the bear; I just have to run faster than you.”
That, in a nutshell, is the way it is with the so-called “Hillary voters.” McCain isn’t going to win all of them; he isn’t even going to win most of them. But he doesn’t have to win most of them; all he has to do is win enough of them.
And Sarah Palin is going to help John McCain win voters he otherwise wouldn’t have won; enough to win in November. (more…)