Reply #142: I think it's too difficult to speculate given some factors would have changed

[davidpdx]

but I think she would have won narrowly over McSame.

Some of the factors to consider:

Fund-raising (would she opt out of public financing like Obama did?)
Who would she pick as her VP? (it wouldn't have necessarily been Obama)
Would McSame had picked someone different or still picked Palin?
Would she have ran a traditional campaign like she did in the primary of moved to more of a grassroots campaign?


I'm sure there are more I could list, but I'll leave it at that.