Politics 2012: The GOP Nominating Race

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Right, but he had lost it in 1976. I thought that was the point of the original post -- candidates don't lose the nomination one year and then go on to win the nomination and then win the Presidency by a big margin in the next election. Generally this is true, but there are exceptions. That's basically what Reagan did in 1976 and 1980.

I thought CB&B was talking about winning the general in the same election that you lost the primary. Of course, by definition, there's no empirical evidence to argue with, but I suspect he's probably right.