The purists who would not vote for John McCain were also had.
And now that you mention his name, I say that he earned his share of the credit for this.
Specifically, he earned it on the day that he said "There's nothing to fear from a Barack Obama Presidency. He'd make a perfectly fine President."
Bingo. All those fence-sitting Joe 6-packs voted for the black dude with the mellifluous voice 'cause John McCain said to.
......purists....
Let’s sharpen that up a bit.
Insufferable sanctimonious selfrightousist seems better to me