I believe the economy began to tank BECAUSE of the democratic nominee and nothing more. Employers and employment drive our economy and regardless of the banking fiasco, American business decided to curtail any further hiring or capital expenditure until and when they saw where this guy was heading.
Thats the part of the equation the liberals don't seem to wrap their pointy little brains around. The wealthy folks hire the worker bees and if you tax the shit out them, you drive DOWN employment, drive UP costs and the cycle of doom begins. If my company had even 10 percent less tax, they could hire another twenty people even if those twenty had nothing to do all day. Instead, we laid off twenty and expect another dramatic increase in health care costs.....
McCain is not a great man, not even close, but Obama is a putz and history will prove that out...
BTW....Romney was MY Governor and I'd have voted for him hands down, RINO or not! He got railroaded by McCain and Huckabee...simple as that.