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Analysts: McCain doomed from start
UPI ^

Posted on 11/09/2008 11:36:20 AM PST by WilliamReading

PHOENIX, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain lost his bid for the White House mainly because anti-incumbent fury doomed him from the start, analysts say.

McCain made many missteps, but they didn't matter much because it was clear no Republican stood much of a chance in the 2008 election with voters overwhelmingly blaming President George Bush and the GOP for the nation's problems, The Arizona Republic reported Sunday.

McCain, who represents Arizona in the Senate, lost to Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois last week in an electoral college landslide. He never stood a realistic chance, said Alberto Gutier, a longtime Phoenix Republican activist and McCain supporter.

"Everything was going to go the wrong way for the Republicans, in general, because of the negatives that President Bush had," he said. "When you combine the war, the economy, the gas prices -- it's a hell of a thing."

"Our polls and national polls showed that most people by a 2-to-1 margin blamed Bush and the Republicans more than the Democrats for getting us into the mess, and they believed that Obama was more likely to get us out of it," Bruce Merrill, a veteran Arizona pollster, told the Republic.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2008; bho2008; doomed; issues; mccain; postmortem
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1 posted on 11/09/2008 11:36:20 AM PST by WilliamReading
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To: WilliamReading

This is the best analysis of the 2008 Presidential Election that I have read so far.


2 posted on 11/09/2008 11:37:10 AM PST by WilliamReading
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To: WilliamReading

N.S.S.


3 posted on 11/09/2008 11:37:28 AM PST by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: WilliamReading
DUH and these guys get paid for this!!!
4 posted on 11/09/2008 11:38:02 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit.)
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To: WilliamReading

The GOP lost because Mitt Romney adopted the tactics
from Mountain Meadow Massacre upon Gov.Palin and her chldren.

America will suffer deeply because of Romney’s treason.


5 posted on 11/09/2008 11:39:34 AM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: WilliamReading

This election was orchestrated - and it was the electorate that was played.


6 posted on 11/09/2008 11:39:44 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: mad_as_he$$

Well, everyone else on FR is saying if we had done this, and if we had done that, the Republicans could have won.

As long as the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 8600 on Election Day, the Republicans were going to lose the election.


7 posted on 11/09/2008 11:40:00 AM PST by WilliamReading
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To: WilliamReading

It was precisely W’s New Tone which was responsible for the Republicans’ diminished standing. A true wimp in the face of political venom. Had he effectively lead his party in slapping down the Democrat slander of our fighting men and women in the military, the American people would have followed as well. Instead, he ceded the field of political battle to the traitors.

And now we see the results.


8 posted on 11/09/2008 11:40:08 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Chimpy ObaMao is not my president.)
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To: WilliamReading

A co-worker told me a year ago that the GOP could nominate the risen Christ and still lose. I agreed.


9 posted on 11/09/2008 11:40:53 AM PST by MeanGreen2008
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To: WilliamReading

Without Sarah, it would have been much worse.


11 posted on 11/09/2008 11:41:34 AM PST by se_ohio_young_conservative (The GOP belongs to Sarah.)
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To: WilliamReading
Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain lost his bid for the White House mainly because anti-incumbent fury doomed him from the start, analysts say.

No when you have a socialist and a socialist lite running, and your base will not vote for you, the middle will break 2 to 1 against you. A couple of the people in the primary would have made a better showing, if not actually winning.

12 posted on 11/09/2008 11:41:46 AM PST by org.whodat ( "the Whipped Dog Party" , what was formally the republicans.)
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To: John "Leave 'em Behind" McCain

She defended your loser butt.
Where are you?


13 posted on 11/09/2008 11:42:24 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: WilliamReading
As long as the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 8600 on Election Day, the Republicans were going to lose the election.

A tough but nimble Republican campaign would have IMMEDIATELY lain the blame on Obama's door step. What McCain did, however, was to join the Democrats in blaming capitalism itself.

Opportunistic moron.

14 posted on 11/09/2008 11:42:30 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Chimpy ObaMao is not my president.)
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To: WilliamReading

McLAME LOST because he started a campaign of “CIVILITY” and “HONESTY” which NEVER works against SOCIALISTS!!

Then Instead of pouncing on the DEMS when needed, he smacks down Willie Cunningham for calling Barak ... HUSSEIN.. an WORKABLE CAMPAIGN Tactic, but McLAME was ABOVE all that.

He DESERVED TO LOSE! .. and without SARAHCUDA, Mclame would have lost by a MONDALE sized Landslide!


15 posted on 11/09/2008 11:42:49 AM PST by gwilhelm56 (HITLER offered Hope and Change!!)
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative

Agreed.


16 posted on 11/09/2008 11:42:49 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Diogenesis

Wow. That was one of the MOST informed posts I have ever seen around here. No matter that Bush had been abused in the press for years, that the stock market crashed, housing failed (with no proper coverage from the media), jobs were disappearing and Obama had a massive advantage in $$$$.

Nope, blame it on the Morman. That explains what REALLY happened.


17 posted on 11/09/2008 11:42:52 AM PST by misterrob (Smooth talkers win at singles bars and in politics .. often with similar outcomes for the listener)
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To: WilliamReading
You know what puzzled me about this election? Not once did I see or hear of an ad that said: "Are you better off now than before the Democrats took control of Congress two years ago? If not, here's why. " Not once. Why????
18 posted on 11/09/2008 11:43:17 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: WilliamReading

I wonder how the election would have turned out if McCain simply adopted the will of the people and voted against the bailout.

He would have had a point and could have drove it right into Obama’s heart.


19 posted on 11/09/2008 11:43:31 AM PST by BGHater (The GOP, the new DNC.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

The media was not going to report on the housing mess truth.


20 posted on 11/09/2008 11:44:01 AM PST by misterrob (Smooth talkers win at singles bars and in politics .. often with similar outcomes for the listener)
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