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Why McCain lost: the republican nominee played his bad hand badly.(SPECIAL POST ELECTION ISSUE)(Viewpoint essay)
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IN the first grim days after the Democratic blowout, three overlapping schools of thought emerged: No Republican could have won this year; McCain lost because he was the type of moderate who can never make the party's best case; and McCain lost because he was trying to appeal to the conservative base of the party rather than swing voters. There is no need to choose among these explanations: All are true. Each problem reinforced the others.
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