Lincoln loses in '64 and then wins the war. 1868?

As the title suggests - let's say Lincoln loses a close one to McClellan in '64 and Republicans are in control of both houses. In the succeeding months Union armies score victories and Grant and Sherman push the issue to the point where the war is won (per OTL plans) before McClellan's inauguration. Assuming the Congressional Republicans basically give McClellan the obstruction/Johnson treatment, is Lincoln a lock for 1868 (if he wants it)?
 
As the title suggests - let's say Lincoln loses a close one to McClellan in '64 and Republicans are in control of both houses. In the succeeding months Union armies score victories and Grant and Sherman push the issue to the point where the war is won (per OTL plans) before McClellan's inauguration. Assuming the Congressional Republicans basically give McClellan the obstruction/Johnson treatment, is Lincoln a lock for 1868 (if he wants it)?
Well, his views on the war have been vindicated, but the tricky question is whether he then campaigns on ending slavery via constitutional amendment. The 13th passed IOTL, but I'm not sure there would be enough popular support for it to re-elect him.
 
It should be noted McClellan wanted to run as a war democrat (he wanted to finish the job of reunification and thought Lincoln was being too careless with troops' lives) but thanks to inside politics in the Democratic Party, he ended up being forced on a platform of a peace democrat. That made him look pretty stupid later
 
It should be noted McClellan wanted to run as a war democrat (he wanted to finish the job of reunification and thought Lincoln was being too careless with troops' lives) but thanks to inside politics in the Democratic Party, he ended up being forced on a platform of a peace democrat. That made him look pretty stupid later
Indeed - I'm not so sure Little Mac would have ended the war anyway even if he won (defying his party), but if the war ended under him it might give him a boost.
 
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