Or is that simply wishful thinking. During election, people kept saying McCain with Palin was going to win.
It is very rare for the same Party to hold the White house for more than 8 years.
A better candidate might have been able to beat McCain.
However, there is a segment of the voting population that is very fickle, and goes back and forth, and tends to vote against the Party in the White House at the time.
The best strategy will not always work.
However, the best strategy is to fight hard, for conservatives, in the Republican Primary, and then fight hard against liberal Democrats, in the General election cycle.
That strategy is the ONLY way to actually change policy in this country.
Until he “suspended his campaign” and then voted FOR the first bail out!
Obama was in the Senate for 2 years before he became President.
Obama made many of the same dumb votes that McCain made.
We need to run a Gov. next time, and then our guy/Gal won't have to suffer because of any loyality to W.