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What was it that killed McCain in the polls?
After the republican convention, McCain was up slightly in the polls. Since the stock market collapse and ensuing credit crisis, his numbers have steadily dropped.
I think what hurt him more than anything was his response to the crisis.
By his response to the crisis, I mean the fact that first he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong.....then tried to say that by fundamentals he meant American workers (which I don't think anyone bought, even GW Bush doesn't torture the English language that badly)
Then he suspended his campaign (but not really, and not before doing an interview with Katie Couric and making an appearance with Bill Clinton) and asked for the debate to be delayed.
Then went to Washington and basically did nothing, then unsuspended his not really suspended campaign and went to the debate, even though a deal hadn't been passed.....and then the bailout package was voted down, and it wasn't until after he got out of the way that a bill was passed.
To borrow a word from the Obama campaign, he really did look "erratic", while Obama was calm and measured, and managed to point out that Presidents have to do more than one thing at a time.
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