History Predicts: McCain May Be Doomed
November 2, 2008 at 6:45 PM 1 comment
According to Alan Lichtman, author of Thirteen Keys to the Presidency, the party of the incumbent President has lost every election in which a recession occurred in the fall of an election year. Here is the list from previous years: Hayes (1876), Cleveland (1884), McKinley (1896), Harding (1920), Roosevelt (1932), Kennedy (1960), and Reagan (1980). If history is any predictor McCain may very well be doomed.
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Jerry | November 20, 2008 at 9:50 PM
Of course, we know what has happened, but I predicted this long very early on. Poor McCain. He didn’t really stand a chance. I only hope Obama can live up to the rhetoric and lead us in the way he’s talked about. There’s a lot on his plate: 2 wars, health insurance crisis, unemployment, recession. I don’t envy the guy.
Jerry
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