/johnny
Go for it. Dole didn’t have a chance, McCain didn’t have a chance, and Romney doesn’t have a chance. That’s what happens when the GOP-E puts up liberals and moderates. They get beat.
/johnny
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True, but W. was a compassionate conservative (oye, veh) and he won. And he gave us many bad things, but he also stacked the Supreme Court and the rest of the federal bench with some very conservative constitutionalists.
To be fair, Dole was up against an incredibly good economy in 96 and McCain was leading until the collapse of Lehman and the financial crisis hit and it became a change wave election. Obama is not popular and the economy still sux. Now, Romney is not great (he’s barely good) but his opposition is in much worse shape than the other to examples you cite.
Personally I still think Obama wins because Americans are just that stupid.
Dole and McCain did not campaign like they really wanted to win. That was totally clear to me in both of those elections. Dole perked up a LITTLE the last week but it was hardly enough. McCain never took the gloves off and told others not to either.
I really can’t see Mitt doing any different. Not when he keeps saying “Obama’s a nice guy”. That’s it right there. Gloves are staying on.