He won because liberals and independents crossed over to vote for him. Then you had Huckster splitting the evanglicals, which left the real mainstream Republicans like Thompson out to dry.
Once Thompson entered the race, McCain should have had the good sense to withdraw and endorse him, since Thompson endorsed McCain in 2000. Some friend, eh?
All true, and I was wailing about this (and about Huck’s role in the ‘Clusterhuck’) while it was happening. But its water under the bridge.
We have the so-so prospect of a sometimes ally in McCain, who will be good on spending, Iraq, judges and not good on other things ... or Barack Obama, the man who managed to get rated the most liberal Senator in the Senate in 2007.