Bush's own economic policies lost McCain the election. There is no defense against the loss of seven to eight hundred thousand jobs a month in October and November of 2008. I will admit that the overturn of Glass-Stiegel made the economic environment more treacherous and Clinton was responsible for that, but Bush had six years with a sympathetic congress to recognize the danger.

Glass-Stiegel was a law passed during the Depression to separate the banking and investment communities. It kept the bank investments in very stable investment vehicles.