So both of these guys lost to Obama, but was there any difference between the two on policy?
Or were they basically the same fiscal conservatives with only different names?
Had Romney been the nominee in 08 would he have beat Obama?
McCain in 12?
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No Republican was winning in 2008, no matter what. But I think Romney would've lost by a smaller margin in 2008. I don't think he drops Indiana, nor do I think he would finish a virtual tie in Missouri.
One problem with McCain is that he was more of a foreign-policy whiz, running at a time when the economic collapse was the biggest problem. And Democrats were able to link McCain with George W. Bush, pointing out the way he campaigned for Bush and voted with the President over 90% of the time. Romney wouldn't have had these problems.
