A telling stat from NBC’s First Read and an illustration that the real author of this Republican rout was not John McCain but George W. Bush:
with the exception of Missouri, Obama won every state where Bush’s approval rating was below 35%, and he lost every state where Bush’s approval was above 35%.
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