Dole lost because some doofus wrote him a convention speech that said “I want to build a bridge to the past...”
Okay, that’s only part of it. But I don’t think the age factor will play the same for McCain as it did for Dole.
Not sure ~why~ I think that, but I do.
Never forget, either, that Clinton never received 50% of the popular vote in either election, yet won anyway.
I’m trepidatious that this will happen again, given the conservatives’ dislike of McCain.
Dole was horrible in the debates; his wife told him not to go for the jugular because she did not want to miss all those social gatherings in DC.
McCain is not afraid to debate the libs and he is quidk witted.