Sabato’s Crystal Ball – The 2008 Election in Perspective: The Unexpected Wall Street Meltdown Election

James E. Campbell on The 2008 Election in Perspective: The Unexpected Wall Street Meltdown Election Some political analysts have interpreted the 2008 presidential election as an ordinary retrospective election. With a very unpopular Republican incumbent presiding over unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a weak economy, 2008 appeared to be a Democratic year. As the often insightful Larry Sabato put it in his recent essay, “any mainstream Democratic candidate was destined to win in 20

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