I don’t know I think John McCain ran a worse campaign that The PIAPS.
McCain should have beaten The Obamanation of Desolation.
Lincoln couldn’t have beaten Obama that year.
Per what calculus?
The Republicans were trying to hold onto the White House for a third term, which has only been done once in the last 65 years by either party. It's not just hard to do, it's damn near impossible, due to the (now) established eight year pendulum swing between the parties.
The country was ready for change after eight years of Bush 43. All the Democrats needed was a charismatic campaigner who could fire up their base, and they'd win.
To have any slightest hope of overcoming the natural tendency of the voters to give the White House to the 'other guys' for eight years, the Republicans needed to run a game changing candidate - the very best in their stable. Someone who could uplift and inspire rank and file Republican voters, and swing voters as well.
Who'd they run? Frikken John McCain, who was probably the least inspiring most unlikeable prospect on their bench.
If it hadn't have been for Sarah Palin, who brought ALL of the fire and inspiration to that campaign, McCain would have lost to Obama in a historic landslide.
I agree. But then, for McCain it was a win-win situation. He sides with the Democrats on almost everything anyway. So by running a no offense campaign and firing everyone on his staff who attempted to actually win the presidency for the Republicans, he was a “winner” in the end.
McCain should have beaten The Obamanation of Desolation.
I do not think McCain nor the GOPe intended to win.
They knew that Obama was an un-American, anti-American Communist and wanted him to win so as to turn our Country into a third-world crap hole. They wanted power and riches and wanted to have someone else to blame.