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Rasmoh posted...

I actually think pretty much any Republican candidate would have lost to Hillary because of how s***ty the Bush Presidency was and how easy it would be to draw parallels between that administration and any traditional Republican.

I don't think this mattered at all. Enough time had passed since GWB, and many (if not all) Republicans had already distanced themselves from his policies. Yeah, GWB hurt McCain (but more so it was Palin that cost him that election), but by 2016 his legacy wasn't going to impact the turnout.

The liberal media feared Kasich quite a bit (and many of the other contenders) as they had legitimate chances to defeat Hillary. That is why they spent so much time giving Trump free coverage, to undermine them, as they assumed the American people would, at the end of the day, not vote for someone so clearly unqualified for the presidency. They miscalculated.