The Top 5 Reasons you can't blame: Sarah Palin

The Top 5 Reasons you can't blame: Sarah Palin for the 2008 Presidential Election.

5. John McCain - He didn't vett the Governor properly, so it was up to the media to do it for him.

4. George W. Bush - His policies over the last eight years were a disaster for America's economy and saddled McCain with "Bush Fatigue".

3. Karl Rove - His dirty tactics were copied by McCain's campaign manager and they backfired.

2. Barack Obama - He was the better candidate for the country. He also ran a better, positive campaign that was a refreshing change from the "scorched earth" politics from the Karl Rove playbook.

1. IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!!!! - The stock market crash and John McCain's bungling of his response to it made him look weak, frail and out of touch. Barack Obama, on the other hand was cool, calm and collected. In other words, he looked like a leader.