No McQueeg ? No Willard ? Without them, Zero could never have been elected. Bush family should also get dishonorable mentions, too.
Obama won because he was a transformational and inspiring candidate.
NO Republican could have won in 2008 after the Bush years and the economy.
McCain led Obama in the polls after the 2008 RNC, and since then, his career was on the downward spiral.
http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1839930,00.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/barack-obama-man-middle-not-john-mccain-article-1.322314
Bush and Cheney failed to grow a farm system for the GOP.