Wall Street Ends McCain's Lucky Streak

"At every stage in the campaign, when the fickle finger of fate had to point one way or another, it turned in John McCain’s direction. This good fortune had allowed him to be a competitive candidate in a year that the lousy economy, unpopular war and even less popular Republican president should have, based on everything we know about politics, made the election an easy Democratic win. But the recent Wall Street meltdown has done almost as much damage to Sen. McCain’s presidential prospects as it did to the Dow Jones Industrial Average." Political Perceptions : Wall Street Ends McCain's Lucky Streak