1. (and the only real one) John McCain
RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) absolutely never win anything at the national level. You just can’t out liberal the real liberals. Absolutely no one who was predisposed to vote democrat decided to vote for McCain. Republicans can’t win by saying “Well… we pretty much agree with all the stuff the democrats want – but we could do all that stuff better”. Republican can’t win by being “lite democrats”.
Republicans can only win by being actual conservative Republicans. It has worked absolutely every time. Last evening not withstanding, this is still a center right country. The people who should have voted for the Republican candidate didn’t end up voting for Obama. The people who should have voted for the Republican candidate stayed home. They had no option available.
