This sounds like the Florida Supreme Court's decision to change the election rules in the middle of the election!
The average of the Clinton years calculates as...
Avg. 1st Term: = 8.85
Avg. Total: = 7.81
Despite Bush being handed an economy in recession and having to deal with the problems of corporate scams of the '90s which faked Clinton's success, the 9/11 attacks, the Lib media talking down the economy, the average M.I. to-date throughout the Bush administration years is approx. 7.65