Worst Campaign Ever?

I am young so I have not witnessed many campaigns so who am i to say if it was the worst?
Anyway what i really wanted to say is that this article is pretty pointless. Yes mistakes were made but whatever, it is in the past now. I went to to voting booths to vote FOR Obama, not to vote against McCain. John McCain has always been a good and honorable man, he has served our country well, and in ways most of us can't even fathom. I think if we do want to get this country re-united after, for me at least, a lifetime of divisive politics that really did accomplish their purpose of dividing our country we need to stop re-hashing the past and work to mend the briges that have long been burned. We are all Americans, and we should all remember that that is no small thing to be.

it is very obvious to me that McCain was just going thru the motions. When he thought he might have a good chance at becoming prez - he chose Palin as his running mate. He was told by the GOP to run and then to lose. That is what he did. Man, he was the happiest loser on that Wed after election day I have ever seen.

Your assessment of this election cycle is thin at best. You fail to acknowledge the role of the press and media in this presidential race. A person would require a ???suspension of disbelief??? if they were to assert that the press and media treated each candidate equally. Time, Newsweek, just to name a few were completely enamored with Sen. B.H.O. Look at how many times Sen. B.H.O. appeared on the cover as compared to Sen. J.M. The bias was more than obvious, it was shameful. The press revealed their true bias when they sent a small army to Alaska for a witch hunt, and at the same time, ignored questionable associations of B.H.O. and his racists statements blaming ???white mans??? greed???. The press ignored questionable fund-raising, the role of ACORN not acting in a non-partisan way..... the list goes on and on. The entertainment media did everything possible to assassinate both candidates, but their treatment of Gov. S.P. was cruel and disgusting. They could not bare to witness a fine example of a successful woman, mother and public servant come to prominence as the VP pick. But I must conclude now, I have to go to work..... so I can pay more taxes to the new rising star, the man of hope, the agent of change, the new Cesar.

Oh say can you see
That GOD heard our plea
For Obama to win
All in favor say Yippee!

LuisaInCA, if all Americans are allowed to vote without having to stand in line for 4 plus hours, I can guarantee you the Republicans will never see the White House again. That is why the thing Republicans fear most is that the Democrats will push through a real Voting Rights Act that will make ALL states Early Voting States and which will require all states to have adequately staffed and equipped voting centers.

It is dead wrong to say that the choice of Gov. Palin hurt McCain. What hurt the McCain ticket was the choice of McCain. Once that choice had been made, where could he go? Lieberman? Romney? Another rich, old, white guy? Fewer Americans would have voted for any other Republican ticket than voted for McCain/Palin.

One thing not being addressed is the possible effect of voter fraud. Another thing that can't be overlooked is Bush and his cronyism. That had to hurt the Republican Party.

Honestly, I have no idea why McCain didn't pick a more experienced woman running mate that shared his ideals. Is it because strong republican women senators that are more centralist, such as Olympia Snowe and Kay Bailey Hutchison, are pro-choice? I also don't understand why candidates think that running negative ads is a smart idea. To me, it makes a candidate look more like a fool. Don't tell me what your opponent is doing wrong - I want to know what you are going to do right. That's why I vote, after all. Hopefully this experience will teach both parties two things: 1. If you are going to appoint a woman, don't appoint a bimbo with little experience. Put a woman in that will empower all Americans, in addition to women. 2. Negative ads turn people off while positive ads turn them on.

I hope America never allows the GOP to raise its ugly head again. When Reagan was in office, drive-bys was at a record high, crack was introduced and bigots had a field day. The problem with Republicans is, they have theyre head so far up theyre "party", they cant see whats going on the rest of the world. The only way Republicans will ever make a comeback is if they stop thinking right and left, and start thinking backwards or forward. The REAL world just doesnt want to move backwards. If youre happy with old fashioned political b.s. move to Ga. and watch Fox all day.

I followed this election probably closer than I ever have in the past. I'm 41, work in Law Enforcement, have 3 kids, an exwife, bills, a truck that gets 16 mpg, have friends in the military, and have tried my hardest to pay my bills and save money. After 8 years of watching Bush and his choices take my savings to $0, my friends touring Iraq for years, gas at $5 per gallon (while oil companies made record profits), hopes of my kids going to college disappear, my 401K being almost cut in half, and my country getting poorer and poorer....I had to stop believing in the Republican ideals. And don't get me wrong, I don't want to see my guns go away, my taxes raised, my country's safety diminish. But, damn, when do you stop and say "What is going on here?". Sad, but I think that is exactly what the country just did a few nights ago. I like McCain. I admire his patriotism and integrity. But his campaign completely missed the point and it felt like he was lost with what mattered to most Americans out here trying to survive and make this a better place for themselves and their families. I saw the Palin choice as just a tactic and not thought out idea to pander to Hillary's supporters. Maybe she's a great Republican and the media was unfair to her, but she also seemed confused, conceited, unaware of the facts, and not "Presidential". I lost my hope in McCain after that and after he stumbled through the financial crisis. I do have to admit that Obama reminds me of JFK or FDR. He gives me that hope of a better America that I just haven't had in the past 6 years or so. I look back to 9/11 and saw how the country united and came together. Then Bush did nothing with that but pile one mistake and blunder on top of another. I see hope in Obama that America can once again come together and overcome the challenges that face us today and in the future. I'm not sure if he'll be all that we hope, but I hope that he will at least give us that pride and confidence back that has been lost for so, so, so, long. And McCain just couldn't sell that same feeling or make me believe that we could rise above the situation and problems Bush has left us with. And from my own past, just believing and having hope is sometimes the most powerful force to bringing change and making things better. Time will tell.