"I thought Bush got creamed last night".
You and your wife were wrong. Bush won. He gained more of the women voters, and made inroads into Indy undecided's. Overnight internals show a 2 to 5 point gain for Bush nationally... all from TARGETED demographic groups!
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Can you point me to a site with these details. I'd be interested in seeing the breakdown.
I think most of us here on FR are a little to close to the forest to see the trees, so to speak. We expected/hoped that GW would knock it out of the park everytime he spoke. We wanted a repeat performance of the days after 9/11, like when he was with the firemen at Ground Zero.
I think your "Average Joe" on the street who does not watch Fox News 24/7, listen to Rush and Hannity, buy political books, and spend hours on FR, will think GWB did just fine.