Originally Posted by joshbaumgartner

We often hear about can't miss candidates. They get so built up for so long that when it comes time for the actual election we are over the hype and frankly sick of being repeatedly told who we are going to vote for. The anointed candidate goes down in a hail of chads and the electorate goes against what they were told and does their own thing. Sometimes it is the smallest of things that serve as an excuse for this shift (Dean's scream for example).