Original sentence: Bush to mobilise the state's religious vote and the general reluctance of the American people to elect a senator to an executive position.His loss has been attributed to a combination of a saturation campaign by George W
Edited sentence: After losing in South Carolina, McCain was unable to rebound and was essentially defeated for lack of funding.Bush and Karl Rove, who also outspent McCain.His loss has been attributed to a smear campaign by George W.McCain, who had been an opponent of  big tobacco compaines, was also a victim of issue ads made by these companies on behalf of Bush.The Bush campaign said McCain's daughter, who was adopted from Mother Teresa's orphanage, was really McCain's illegitamate black child.They argued McCain's time in a P.prison had made him mentally unfit to be commander-in-chief