I remember 2008 when the mantra was that the Democrats really feared McCain. He was the man that could win because so many Democrats liked him and thought he was a reasonable Republican. Talking head shows fawned over him. He was a media darling.
Once he was nominated, the gloves came off and Oprah and her audience weren’t swooning over him anymore.
To a large extent, that was also true of Romney. But Romney actually should have won. In retrospect, picking Paul Ryan as VP was a weak move.
Actually, he could have survived the Ryan pick if he just pressed the attack in the second and third debates after scoring many points in the first. He went weak.
The media is pretty predictable about this, and conservatives predictably fall for it every time.
As long as conservatives remain persuaded by the MSM--and too many do allow the MSM to influence them--we will have difficulty winning elections.
The MSM really has a limited playbook, and they trot out the same old memes during every election. And they work--conservatives fall for them every time.
In retrospect, picking Paul Ryan as VP was a weak move.
Ryan’s a smart guy, and gets a lot of underserved heat, but in his debate with Joe Biden, he allowed that senile fool to dominate with nothing more than empty bluster...
looked like a pubescent sophmore meeting up with the village pervert...
And not actually trying to win hurt too. He crawled in a hole after Benghazi and let the lies go unchallenged. ANYONE else could have beaten Obama.. Anyone.