If a mere 60,000 people who voted for Bush in 2004 in Ohio voted for Kerry instead, John Kerry would have won the election while losing the popular vote. As Bush would still have a narrow majority of the popular vote, and is leaving office fairly popular, could he avoid the "loser" stigma and come back to win the 2008 Republican nomination? I can't imagine Kerry would be able to stop the economic crash, especially since no significant policy changes could get through the Republican congress. With the economy crashed, might George W. Bush win a second, non-consecutive term in 2008?