Originally Posted by Paul Markham

What amazed me was the actual vote. The popular vote was very close and that's amazing when you list the mistakes.

Bush, Iraq, economy, fat cat bankers and CEOs, Palin, the campaign and his age should of all factored in and he should of been buried. But it ended up with him being 3-4% short of getting more votes than Obama. Maybe with a decent running mate and a decent campaign he could of pulled it off.

The big question for me is why did 46.3% think him and Palin were a better bet than Obama and Biden? Now that is scary.