Leonard Boswell
How Much Does Electability Really Matter To The Dems?
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Back in 2000, John McCain made could make what seemed like an extraordinarily powerful argument to Republican primary voters: Nominate me and we are guaranteed to win in the fall.
The numbers backed him up. Toward the end of the ’00 primary season, polls showed McCain leading Al Gore by more than 20 points. George W. Bush, McCain’s G.O.P. rival, was ahead of Gore by just four points.
But Republicans sided with Bush anyway. And now, Democrats may be poised to do something similar.
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