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Bagg: Result didn’t tell the full story

Freethinker
Published Wednesday, November 5, 2008

What does it all mean?

A month and a half ago, McCain was ahead in the polls. Sarah Palin was electrifying conservative audiences, and the Mac was on top of his foreign policy game. What happened? Did Obama suddenly prove himself worthy? Did Sarah Palin make some unforgivable gaffe she hadn’t made already?

No. The markets took a nosedive, and Obama immediately jumped ahead into a lead he never lost.

Americans distrust those in power when times are hard, and it seems that as the election came down to the wire, that’s what mattered most. It was not “Change We Can...

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