Problem is you don't pick running mates for segment votes
Wtf...just as bad as McCain choosing Palin for women's votes
Just as bad as voting according to party
Actually, that is exactly what you do.
Trump picked Pence to rally the Christian vote.
Obama picked Biden to rally the establishment dems who weren't too thrilled with him.
McCain picked Palin to rally the Conservative Christians
Kerry picked Lieberman to try to appeal to working class whites
Bush picked Cheney because he had gravitas in foreign/military affairs.
I didn't know who Pence was then nor do I now
I think he's extreme at least where homosexuality is concerned
But, I never saw it that way, rally the Christian vote
Establishment dems, what do you mean...the Washington elite?
Rally? Not to thrilled with him, huh? Explain please
Palin was chosen to garner votes from conservative Christians? Huh?
The rest are irrelevant, for where we are now, IMO
This is my assessment
McCain chose Palin to gain votes from women
who wanted Hillary to be nominated
Hillary and Palin could have joined forces, switched parties
and been chosen to represent the Republican party on the ticket...
And they would have lost to Obama
You know why.
Because the majority of people wanted change
The majority of people were ready for change
The majority of people were tired of the 'establishment'
The majority of people, which included myself
wanted the change Obama spoke of....
Hope & change
Fiscal responsibility
Changing the way Washington does business
Transparency
Cutting what doesn't work
Accountability for every $1 spent
...and people put their hope in him to deliver the platform he ran on
Which no longer included me
The moment he signed off on the bailout with McCain
I parachuted out of La La Land and crash landed back in reality
That's why Obama won his first election
and the same reason why Trump won...people want change