Obama-Biden Democrat
Zyzz
Junior Chimp
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« on: September 18, 2015, 05:11:54 PM » |
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« edited: September 18, 2015, 05:15:44 PM by Zyzz »
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McCain losing in 2008 unfortunately feeds into the meme that only a 'true Conservative' can win elections. McCain was by far the most electable Republican candidate in 2008. He had the maverick war hero reputation, although he had to tone down his maverick status to win the primary.
Clowns like Huckabee and Romney would have gotten blown out worse than McCain did in 2008. Imagine the corporate Bain capital raider Mitt Romney being the face of the party during the economic meltdown? Bush was just absolutely loathed and he was toxic, his approval ratings where similar to Nixon in watergate. I just can't see any Republican winning in 2008 after the disastrous Bush years, it was too easy to paint the nominee a third Bush term.
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