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I don’t think anyone even noticed. it was such a blow out.

How did this country get so divided between 1984 and 2008 ?

the idea of winning 49 states is pie in the sky now. but im not saying it will never happen again..just how could it

the idea of winning 49 states is pie in the sky now. but im not saying it will never happen again..just how could it

I believe that without Sarah Palin running with McCain you would have seen Obamao with a landslide of biblical proportions that would have come close to a 49 state win.

How did the country get divided? simply the RINOs and dems went to the concept of 50+1 to win elections. in 1988 bush choose not to run as a Reagan Republican instead he choose to run against Dukkais. Bush won but with less support than Reagan. In 1992 After Bush governed as a Rockefeller Rep. A large chunk of Reagan voters decided to go with Perot. Bush again tried to run against Clinton. He lost. 1994 the GOP decided to run on something and won a big victory in Congress. In 1996 The GOP again went back to running against the dems. Impeaching Clinton and not offering any vision. They put Dole up and tore down the dems. they lost again. while they were doing that the dems were losing support as they governed form the left. Fast forward to 2000. Rove and bush once again used the Nixon approach and went for the 50+1 and almost literally got it. The divide was cast. Bush had no vision. In 2004 Bush once again ran against Kerry. He won more votes because of the war and because Kerry was a terrible candidate. Even with that bush had no vision, no overriding message to unite the country. 2006 and 2008 the dems ran to the right of the GOP on fiscal matter but they too used the 50+1 approach.

The reason we are divided is because of people like Rove who think elections are about winning and not governing. in that POV winning with 50+1 is the same as winning with 65% but the ability to govern and unite is way different