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[=McCain=] sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, but lost in a heated primary contest[[note]]How [[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/us/politics/19mccain.html heated?]] Bush campaign aides spread rumors that [=McCain=]’s wife Cindy was a drug addict and his daughter, Bridget, who was adopted from Bangladesh, was his illegitimate mixed-race child. [=McCain=] was still angered by it during his next run for president in 2008.[[/note]] to Texas Governor UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, who won the general election.

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[=McCain=] sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, but lost in a heated primary contest[[note]]How [[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/us/politics/19mccain.html heated?]] Bush campaign aides spread rumors that [=McCain=]’s wife Cindy wife, Cindy, was a drug addict and his daughter, Bridget, who was adopted from Bangladesh, was his illegitimate mixed-race child. [=McCain=] was still angered by it during his next run for president in 2008.[[/note]] to Texas Governor UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, who won the general election.
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[=McCain=] sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, but lost in a heated primary contest to Texas Governor UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, who won the general election.

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[=McCain=] sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, but lost in a heated primary contest contest[[note]]How [[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/us/politics/19mccain.html heated?]] Bush campaign aides spread rumors that [=McCain=]’s wife Cindy was a drug addict and his daughter, Bridget, who was adopted from Bangladesh, was his illegitimate mixed-race child. [=McCain=] was still angered by it during his next run for president in 2008.[[/note]] to Texas Governor UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, who won the general election.
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[=McCain=] won the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, but entered the race at a significant disadvantage due general dissatisfaction over the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush administration's]] handling of the economy (the Great Recession began in September 2007) and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Coupled with this was [=McCain=]'s Democratic opponent, Senator UsefulNotes/BarackObama, running one of the most dynamic campaigns in decades with famous posters and a simple slogan ("Change"). [=McCain=] chose UsefulNotes/SarahPalin as his running mate after his advisors torpedoed his first choice of Sen. Joe Lieberman [[note]](a Democrat-turned-independent and abortion rights supporter who was the Democrat's vice presidential nominee in 2000, and a selection that likely would have infuriated the Republican base)[[/note]], a move that ultimately backfired when Palin became more popular with the Republican base, and [=McCain=] later stated he [[https://thehill.com/homenews/news/386392-mccain-i-regret-picking-palin-as-my-vice-presidential-nominee/ regretted]] selecting her. [=McCain=] and Palin decisively lost to Obama and his running mate UsefulNotes/JoeBiden.

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[=McCain=] won the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, but entered the race at a significant disadvantage due to general dissatisfaction over the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush administration's]] handling of the economy (the Great Recession began in September 2007) and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Coupled with this was [=McCain=]'s Democratic opponent, Senator UsefulNotes/BarackObama, running one of the most dynamic campaigns in decades with famous posters and a simple slogan ("Change"). [=McCain=] chose UsefulNotes/SarahPalin as his running mate after his advisors torpedoed his first choice of Sen. Joe Lieberman [[note]](a Democrat-turned-independent and abortion rights supporter who was the Democrat's vice presidential nominee in 2000, and a selection that likely would have infuriated the Republican base)[[/note]], a move that ultimately backfired when Palin became more popular with the Republican base, and [=McCain=] later stated he [[https://thehill.com/homenews/news/386392-mccain-i-regret-picking-palin-as-my-vice-presidential-nominee/ regretted]] selecting her. [=McCain=] and Palin decisively lost to Obama and his running mate UsefulNotes/JoeBiden.

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