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A deeply flawed candidate includes all on your list. When you nominate the party's maverick to be your standard bearer, there are political consequences. McCain became the presumptive nominee of the party with just 31% of the primary vote thanks to open and winner-take-all primaries. McCain was the only top tier candidate of either party who could not win his/her home state by 50% or more of the vote in the primaries.

McCain's candidacy took off the table such issues as amenesty and a cap and trade system to address the global warming hoax. Any of the other main Rep candidates would have done better than the maverick. He was an unmitigated disaster.

"McCain became the presumptive nominee of the party with just 31% of the primary vote thanks to open and winner-take-all primaries."

Bingo.

McCain's candidacy took off the table such issues as amenesty and a cap and trade system to address the global warming hoax. Any of the other main Rep candidates would have done better than the maverick. He was an unmitigated disaster.

Yeah did not help him one bit. The Mexican voters essentially threw him under the bus. And I seriously doubt the "global warming" alarmists voted for him either.