If Chris Dodd had won the Democratic nomination in 2008, would he have beaten John McCain?

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[DJ13]

1. That depends on whether McCain got desperate enough to pick Palin

[BainsBane]

2. Did Dodd even run?

Seems like we're getting a bit obscure here.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Briefly.

Long enough to be included in an SNL skit.

[MohRokTah]

4. Wouldn't have even been close

In any race between two old white men who are difficult to distinguish between, the Republican has an advantage.

The landslide would have been the opposite of the Obama landslide.

[TheKentuckian]

5. I don't see why not. Probably not the same margin so easier to cheat but I figure Dodd

or most any serious level (Senate, Governor, maybe even big city mayor) would have at least been even money and virtually all favored to varying degrees.

Hell, he is white, been around for a while, and a little long in the tooth.
Bush had fucked up so bad that many a Republican would have gone along with such a comfortable figure.

Who knows but it was our election to lose not some against all odds proposition some like to make out because they shit their britches when McShame had his little dead cat bounce with Phailin stirring a lil ruckus with the fuckwits.

[winter is coming]

6. Again? What's next, random names out of the phonebook? n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Absolutely. He's mainstream enough and disciplined enough to win.

Getting him the nod is much more difficult, though, than getting him to the White House. But he would've defeated McCain. The only two Democrats from 2008 that stood no chance at ever coming close to winning the White House were Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich. Even then, Gravel was light years ahead of Kucinich, who probably couldn't even win Vermont.

[joshcryer]

9. Chris "MPAA, SOPA, PIPA" Dodd has mainstream appeal?

I dunno about that.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. My guess is that a solid majority of the mainstream have no clue what those are...

On the issues that define a campaign, absolutely he's pretty mainstream.

[JI7]

8. yes, but turnout would have been low and results a bit closer

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Agreed. He might've done better in ethnic-white areas, but not enough to dominate.

Black turnout would be lower, which hurts in states like North Carolina, Virginia and probably Indiana. He wins Ohio, maybe Florida (with the Jewish and elderly vote), but doesn't dominate nearly like Obama.