Easy.
We run a pro-amnesty, anti-ANWR, anti-offshore drilling until just before the elections, global warming nonsense supporting guy, who has spent the past 4 years attacking conservatives. Conservatives could hardly bear to vote for the guy.
And oh, we got hit by the financial meltdown in the markets.
Message is clear: Run real conservatives, especially with a hard line Marxist in the White House, and we win.
I am trying hard to understand this statement in a manner that is reflected by what actually happened in the election
. In the core South, McCain often won by more than Bush did in 2004 indicating that conservatives did vote for him afterall.
But, a pretty darn large majority of voters went for Obama. I did not get the impression that that many people stayed home since it was the largest turnout in a century.
Are you saying that conservative voters chose Obama because McCain wasn't conservative enough? And, if McCain had been more conservative people who voted for Obama would have voted for him? Or is this more about enthusiasm and money?