McCain was the GOP leader. A meltdown hurt the GOP. Economics is the largest factor in every election since the Gread Depression. So now Putin is watching us lose in power and prestige while he ascends.
I guess Putin was feckless too. His great plan gave us Sarah Palin and the Tea Party rallies. So I owe it all to Putin and his leadership in knowing, down the road, that Americans would need to flush this liberal theoretical experiment with national socialism down the toilette. All this time I was sure it was just Saul Alinsky.