[IYAS9YAS]

McCain did better because A) Overall voter turnout was better and B) people liked him more - hes a war hero and C) Romney flipped flopped a lot. The bottom line is that we did not turn out - we lost

McCain did better because of Palin.

[kabar]

When ALL THE VOTES are counted, Romney will do better than McCain. There are millions of votes that need to be added to these totals. I don’t understand why people continue to use these interim numbers. Only 69% of CA’s vote has been reported, 55% of WA, etc. Romney will go over 60 million easily. Obama will be closer to 65 million.

[GerardKempf]

McCain LOST (in large part) because of Palin and because he dropped the ball when the marked crashed and the Dems turned out hard in reaction to Bush/Cheney.
Ask anyone - heck even Rove and Savage knocked her afterwards. There’s a reason why Palin didn’t run - she knew she’d get crushed.