They touch on the important math but don’t understand that it’s important. No GOP nominee was going to win in ‘64, so really who it and what they’re positions were mean nothing. Similarly it’s highly unlikely that any Dem nominee will win next year, 8 years of a not popular and not effective dem president has poisoned their well (much like how no GOP nominee was going to in in ‘08). Might as well run a conservative.
“much like how no GOP nominee was going to in in ‘08”
I know what you’re saying (people were tired of the GOP in 2008), but I don’t think Obama was unbeatable, had he run against a normal Republican. Hillary, on the other hand, back then would have been unstoppable, but certainly not today.