huh? i'm lost. is this whole article meant to be satirical?

i'm no fan of mccain, but is the author really ignoring that an idiotic war and a failed economy were the prime reasons mccain had no hope? and as for "the conservative philosophy of william f. buckley", i note that buckley substantially disowned bush's republican era. and good he did: it was a swamp full of psychopaths, with a disinterested cretin as its figurehead.

Yes, Buckley was worlds away from being in Bush's camp, but it was the country boy charm -- which was an act, by the way, that began with the purchase of Bush's "ranch" in Crawford, Texas, just before his first run for POTUS -- that swayed half of the voters in 2004 to re-elect the worst president in U.S. history. McCain, in all his wisdom, mimicked the exact campaign strategy Bush used: fear. But he came up short on all the other traits -- the personal ones, such as ol' West humour, that made people look the other way when Bush dodged important issues.

It is the fear-mongering that is tired, and it should be re-tired. The Republican party has relied so heavily on this very simple, and until this year very effective, approach, but it is an embarrassment to true conservatism.

At its base, the conservative philosophy is strong, but the addages of the last eight years, and of McCain's campaign, leads one to wonder if Republicans will forever treat the American public as sheep, and if this recent sign of intelligence -- having seen through it, finally -- will be the end of the Republican party. I think even Democrats would agree that is not good for America.

"having seen through it" is good for america. now, once they see through the democrat party, they may move on to actual democracy.

unfortunately, 46% of the voters continued to support the republican party. after 8 years of dubya, this says great things about mccain,or terrible things about 46% of the american electorate.

take your pick.

An interesting article, but neither did McCain do enough wrong to lose the election, nor Obama enough right to win it. Perhaps the almost romantic notion of the first Afro American leader together with people wanting to distance themselves for the war equalled an Obama vote. ?