Huh ? Norm, he ran BEHIND Dubya — in EVERY New England state. Conversely, in mine, he ran ahead of Dubya.
There were all sorts of pre-gen. election polling showing McCain running strong in NE. The economy crashed. He did well in the South because they just plain don’t like Obama.
Let me put it another way: if Dubya had run in 2008 he would’ve ran far behind McCain in NE.