Final Thoughts

McCain should have never campaigned in PA. The state was possible to win in a Republican year, bu this was not it. The numbers he needed would never be able to win and Obama won rather easily. This was what I had stated from the beginning. The tens of millions that he spent trying to win blue states instead of securing red states, ultimetly cost him the race. He spent 10 million in Michigan before leaving the state, and around 20 million trying to win PA, out of the 150 million he spent on TV ads. 

Sarah Palin was a bad choice, and destroyed his chance with independents (something I also mentioned, before the Katie Couric interview). 

However, the main factor McCain lost was PartyID has swung to the Democratic favor in the last 4 years (5pts), and the economy meltdown.