The GOP ran John McCain.
The worst POSSIBLE candidate. The GOP did not lose to the dems.
The GOP conceded the race, by nominating such a terrible candidate.
My response to the poster who quoted Goldwater, a diehard conservative, that got creamed in the general election by Johnson.
It had nothing to do with the last election.
I love AuH2O, but the fact remains the population was turned off by his proclaimed extremism. Reagan put a softer tone on much of the same viewpoints, and won handily (Carter only won 6 States, and in the ‘84 election Mondale only won 1 State - Reagan missed a 50 State sweep by 3800 votes in Mondale’s home State!)