With Bush's 28% approval rating it's a miracle McCain got even 47% of the vote. But in the end McCain could've actually won the election if it wasn't for the economy.
Think about this: before the economic crisis McCain was up by 3% in the rasmussen polls. After, he was down by 7%. Wow that's a 10% difference. Look at all the states that ended up being close (Florida, Missouri, NC, Virginia, Oho, etc.), they definitely would've went to McCain in the end.
I disagree. McCain was temporarily up because of 'post convention bounce' but once the American public started really focusing on the difference between the two candidates -- remember that the debates started around that time -- and once the scrutiny of Palin started in earnest, the polls swung against him. What the economic crisis did was cause him to react in order to get media attention but his reaction was so pathetic that it backfired.
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