The Post asked pollsters, pundits and others what went wrong for John McCain and the GOP. Below are thoughts from Ed Rogers, Carter Eskew, Alex Castellanos, Douglas Schoen, Geoff Garin, Dick Morris.
ED ROGERS
White House staffer to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; group chairman of BGR Holding
Let the autopsy begin! First, no party has kept the White House three terms since World War II.
Did WWII last through the presidency of the first president Bush?