How did Matt Taibbi feel about the Presidential campaign in Chapter One?

Taibbi was exhausted after the eighteen month-long campaign that was filled with anger and bitterness. No one knew that in two short weeks the American economy would implode. During the first half of the year, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns lost most of their value. Lehman would file bankruptcy in the next two weeks and set off a global economic crisis.