tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post847921257332697676..comments2023-12-31T19:34:14.853-05:00Comments on Dymaxion World: What Draper saidjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690430991814528863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-32005283049417947342008-10-28T21:35:00.000-04:002008-10-28T21:35:00.000-04:00McCain won because the Republicans used a crummy s...McCain won because the Republicans used a crummy system for deciding their primary vote (a system that short-sighted Dems were jealous of at the time, and probably have forgotten about now).<BR/><BR/>Republicans assign their delegates winner-take-all per state. Democrats assign their delegates proportionally. That meant that Clinton and Obama fought for a lot longer than the Republican candidates had to, but it also means that McCain won a number of states where he just squeaked by Huckabee or Romney to win it. If the Republicans used proportional delegates their primaries would have gone on a lot longer, and both Mittens and the Huckster would have had a narrative at their backs that might have helped them overcome Mr. Inevitable.<BR/><BR/>McCain has no constituency. The only folks who were excited about a McCain run for the presidency were journalists and inside-the-Beltway prognosticators. And he threw those guys under the Straight Talk Express over the summer. (I know Palin is going to get marked down as the bad decision that sunk McCain's campaign, but personally I think it was when they declared war on the media to shore up their bonafides with the base.)<BR/><BR/>--NonyNonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com