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Thgye "Base" acted childishly and it cost us all - big time! So Bush-41 brike his pledge; so Bush-41 didn't excite them; so Bush-41 didn't define him self {to their liking}. So what?!?! Any election is a choice between imperfect candidates and the thumb-sucking "Base" learned the hard way that staying home 'cause your guy isn't perfect can render disatrous results!
As far as the media is concerned, it is not a given: 1. They never went as all-out for a candidate as they did for Clinton. 2. Now that the "alternative media" has matured into potency, the mainstream media will never again be able to carry such a vulnerable and flawed candidate to victory.

"Don't Go Wobbly, George", Margaret Thatcher to George Bush. Lady Thatcher was known as the Iron Lady. George wasn't.

Lets be blunt. If it wasn't for Reagan, Bush would never have been President. It was Reagan that got him elected the first time. Still though the GOP did learn from the populust Perot, it picked the hottie, Dole. Who's fault was that, Perots ? The media?