America Would Be in Better Shape if John McCain Won the 2008 Election

First, I have to apologize for the blatant click-bait title.

Second, I have to admit that I don't know if what I am proposing would have played out, but I see it as a very plausible outcome.

On the first anniversary of the inauguration of Donald J Trump as President of the United States of America, I am taking some time to think about an alternate possibility.

If John McCain would have beat Barack Obama in 2008, I think he would have been a pretty good President of the United States of America. He is well liked, and you can see that he genuinely cares about advancing the national interest. He has a vision of how he believes his nation should operate. In that vein, it is reasonable that he would have run again in 2012. 

In 2012, if Obama had lost to McCain in 2008, I think Hillary Clinton would have secured the nomination. I also think that McCain would have done a good enough job that would have been re-elected.

Moving forward to 2016. John McCain would have served his two terms and would not be eligible for re-election. Secondly, a Republican will have been President for sixteen years, it would have been time for change, no matter how good a job McCain had done. So, after taking a cycle off, and after a loss by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama would have won the nomination for a second attempt and would be President of the United States today, likely to be re-elected in 2020 and serve until January 2025.

I also have a second course of action which I believe is possible and is much better than the current situation in The White House.

After four years, being an older gentleman, John McCain doesn't run for a second term, and the Democratic Party gives Barack Obama a second chance against, what most likely would be, Mitt Romney. Barack Obama wins in 2012 and wins re-election in 2016, and would be President today.

I'm not saying America made a mistake in 2008. Nine years ago, nobody could have predicted the pickle America has put itself in. This is simply an alternate scenario that I think would have been a much better reality that what we are enduring today.