Um, yeah, try selecting an even more liberal main nominee next time and see where that gets you. McCain was the most moderate of the choices for pete’s sake!
You do realize that if McCain hadn’t selected Palin as a running mate that he would have lost by even greater numbers. Palin drew thousands.
Obama won because we’re in an unpopular war and experiencing weak economic conditions. And yes, people tied McCain to Bush.
Oh, and the people who defected were elitist republicans who care more about what the world think of us than what is right with America. Douglas Kmiec, Chris Buckley, and the rest can kiss my ass.
The trend that concerns me is that various faction really started to point finger to each others, and accuse the other one of being 'impure'.