Worst campaign you've been alive for (primary and general)

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In order:

Primaries:
Guliani (hands down)
Fred Thompson (lest we forget how quickly the man dubbed the inheriter of the Reagan legacy fell to weak 3rd place finishes in Iowa and South Carolina)
John Connally 1980
Ted Kennedy 1980
Honorable Mention (before my birth) to George Romney in 1968. Who was the politican who said: "Watching Romney run for president was like watching a duck trying to f*** a football."?

General:
Dukakis (That sucked to be a part of and watch it fall apart)
Carter 1980
Gore 2000. Yes, he came from behind and technically won, but his fundamental decision to separate himself utterly from Clinton rather than run on a successful record (a platform of"four more years, but without the drama" would've won hands down), plus the kids glove conciliatory approach to the recount in the face of Baker's hardball approach that would've put a Mafia don to shame, combined deserves a place on this list. Not sure if that counts more towards a bad campaign versus a couple crucially bad executive decisions by the candidate.