If we be the base how come we get McCain and Romney?
You see my point?
Obama was a magic minority and McCain was the war hero to run against him.
Romney failed to win the primary in 2008 for the same reason he lost the general in 2012. Romney at least pretended to be concerned about illegals. I think Romney cost us Senate seats in ND and MT.
There was no serious competition and in hindsight I don’t know if anyone could have beaten Obama with the low information voters. Only in 2013 did the low information voters understand how bad Obamacare is.