The economy has wrecked McCain. Nothing more, nothing less. Without the mess he was on his way to a win, now he’s on his way to a beat down. The sheep can’t comprehend that the economy has gone south since the Dems took over in 2006- they just blame Bush.
You are exactly right.
And why did the economy hurt McCain’s campaign so much? (I’m not of the camp that he is done for yet.)
Because of the old myth that “Rats are better on the economy. Republicans are for the rich, Rats are for the little guy.”
And what do these whiners help establish even further in the public’s mind, thus passing this political canard down to the next generation? That Rats are better on the economy blh blah blah.
Thus helping to perpetuate the lethal effect of this lie in American politics.
No. McCain's reaction and solutions to it wrecked McCain.