Thanks for the post, I really needed to hear someone describe what I watched 10/01/14.
After watching the debate, I thought Bush won hands down, then I started to read the posts and the articles...
should be 10/01/04
It's a good piece, fair and informative.
What you saw was a complacent President who got a nice smack across the face.
It seems to me that Presidents tend to feel they have some God given right to a second term. The fact is they have to earn it. In the confines of their confortable White House bubble they tend to forgt that fact.
I think in terms of message, I can only agree with President Bush, but he must understand that he's got to earn his second term and he must face the judgment of the public. He can't expect it to be given to him.
Last night was a wake up call, then he will be a better candidate for it.