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My take: The Republican party put Palin with McCain in the hopes that they'd lose. Make it close and make it a race but ultimately lose. I believe that during the last year or so of Bush's presidency they knew things were so unbelievably fucked up that they actually didn't want the Presidency, or better yet blow off the next four years to dominate for the next 8 after Obama were to win.
They figure Obama wins and inherits the large stinking pile of dung Bush left behind. NO President, Democrat or Republican can fix all of the problems in four years, so when it comes time for re-election the Republicans step in and are able to say "see, SEE four years later and we're still in bad shape". The American public eats it up because things were so fucked Obama couldn't fix them even in 8 years that the Republicans win by a landslide.
The fix is in. They wanted to lose and what better way than have a full-on moron as your running mate.