The Evil Party beats the Stupid Party, not for the first time.
Obama has had the most incompetent and scandal-ridden administration since Grant's--and Grant won only because he was up against a crackpot. Romney was so much clearly superior to Obama as a potential leader...not another Horace Greeley.
The other historical analogy that comes to mind is if Aaron Burr had managed to become President in 1801 instead of Jefferson.
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. --Joseph Stalin