Here’s my conspiracy theory.
Bath House is a deep state creation, vetted by the DNC as a shoe-in, if his background could be scrubbed, which it was. The Democrat AND Republican establishments were both in on the fraud because the political status quo would be maintained (at least), if not expand even larger (which it did).
McCain and Obama were the two sides of the same coin in 2008. These two were the false choices foisted upon the public by the deep state.
Obama went along with the game, as he would benefit as the first black president, and the deep state would benefit because it had control over Obama’s puppet strings.
So were all the candidates who had any chance of getting nominated that year.
Your theory is very believable.