The choices in 2008 were:
1. Mike Huckabee
2. Mitt Romney
3. John McCain
I see little difference between Huckabee and Romney, but both were far superior to McCain.
Ramesh makes a false point.
The GOP has given us garbage for candidates the last two times.
His thesis is complete crap. Given the selection, either the huckster or mitt the twit were preferable to McLame.