A lot of folks around here were in some dream land where it was forgotten that Obama hung a big millstone name Bush around McCain's neck. You would be hard pressed to find a better pair to run against (and win) than John McCain and George Bush. If not for Sarah Palin, the outcome would have been a total "no brainer" for anyone with their feet in reality - not a pleasant reality, but one nonetheless.
Yes, and a lot of people on this board are still cheering how the moderate Republicans in the Northeast (they call them RINOs) have all been replaced by more liberal Democrats.
They are what I would call the Kool-Aid drinkers.