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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.

Yeah, but Bush came across as lovable wet paper, that’s the difference. The middle wants to be talk to, not at, they don’t have the attention span for a lecture about what is good for them, they want a howdy and vote for me and things will be just dandy. That’s what killed Steve, while he was right, he was preachy the masses want something else.

As for the rest, remember the thing we have gotten from Bush though. Judge Roberts, tax cuts, strong stand on the WOT to name a few. Mixed bag, sure, but better than what could have been.