Elections are not about what you and I think, its about what those idiots watching "American Idol" who by some terrible Constitutional decision made many many years ago, have the right to vote.
Bush came across as wet paper too! Bush is a terrible, terrible public speaker and the appearance of arrogance that Bush projects is irritating to most people. He had little to nothing over Forbes EXCEPT that people decided Bush could win and Forbes couldn’t (based on what they heard from the media). But the media is not friendly to conservatives so . . . our impression will always be that the conservative can’t win while the moderate can. Then we got No Child Left Behind, Prescription Drugs coverage, and the fastest rate of government growth since Roosevelt from the “moderate” George Bush . . . a loss from Bob Dole . . . and tax increases from George Bush I.