Sure would be nice to know the answer to this... Even now, looking back... I simply cannot believe we ended up with John McCain as our nominee... In April 2007, he was the ONLY guy I was telling everyone I COULD NOT vote for..
Our primary system just HAS to be improved. I don't understand why Steele is not doing more on this... he'd better.. and, soon.
McCain had the least support of the 4 main candidates, Rom, Huck, Rudy, Mac. But the Ro/Hu/Ru supporters drew a line in the sand and started their own version of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.
When Rudy was forced from the race much of his support from the “fight the terrorists” side went to McCain who then slid in under the radar (kind of like Scozzafava) while the Rom/Huck supporters kicked sand in each others face.
Conservatives never learn. Drawing a line in the sand and demanding your candidate or the highway gets us nominees like McCain.