2008: Protectionist McCain/Huckabee or McCain/Santorum v. Democrats

[erſatz-york]

How would a protectionist GOP ticket in 2008 (with McCain at the helm) perform against the following Democratic tickets?

1. Obama/Biden

2. Clinton/DEM

3. Edwards/DEM

I'll leave it up to you whether or not the recession breaks before Election Day.

[Spark]

Obama/Biden- 301 EVs, (51.3%)
McCain/Huckabee- 237 EVs, (47.7%)

McCain/Huckabee- 312 EVs, (51.6%)
Clinton/Kerry- 226 EVs, (47.4%)

McCain/Huckabee- 270 EVs, (48.6%)
Edwards/Dean- 268 EVs, (49.4%)

[erſatz-york]

Interesting to see that Edwards does better than Hillary in your opinion.

Is a protectionist McCain ticket realistic, or? Would it have to be some form of lite-protectionism, or?

Has the recession already happened in these scenarios?