[OKSooner]

"I think McCain tried to win, and I think he probably played his hand as best he could. Even in 2007, it was pretty much expected that this would be a Dem year. "

No mention of the pundits in your previous comment - only McCain. So who was it again who was expecting 2008 to be a Dem year?

" If you are looking for a conspiracy theory, Obama sure got a lot of money candidates do not usually expect to get. "

True dat. And where was John McCain while all this was happening?

[Tribune7]

So who was it again who was expecting 2008 to be a Dem year?

Pollsters. You think they were wrong?