How do you think Sarah Palin is reacting to the news she's in McCain's regret column?

[karynnj]

18. Actually, he might have been a genius choice -- even though Lieberman is terrible

Why?

It would have reinforced that McCain was a maverick and was looking to unite the country by creating a bipartisan ticket. He could argue that there were enough things they agreed on - including national security, climate change and the environment (that until then McCain was decent on). The media, which had loved McCain, would have been entranced by the idea that Lieberman, 8 short years before was on the Democratic ticket - where he then cheered by Democrats.

I think they still would have lost because the country was against the Iraq war by 2008 and the economic collapse would still have been a negative because McCain seemed completely unable to convey that they could lead on that.

If McCain would have picked up that the economy was going to crater, his best choice might have been Romney, who might have been able to look like someone who could lead the country through that.