"No, Bush is content to sit on his rear and do nothing and say very little as the left relentlessly attacks him, attacks our troops, and attacks America."
-It would take him four lifetimes to respond to all of this nonsense from the left. Kerry spent his campaign trying to answer to every attack that was thrown at him, and look where it got him. Bush isn't that dumb.
The proof is in the pudding, and things (economy, unemployment, homeland safety, etc) overall are getting much better.
The reason you give is not the reason Kerry lost the election.
The proof is the in the pudding, but Bush is failing to sell his pudding to the public because he is not even trying. And therefore that is why the libs and the MSM are driving his numbers down, our agenda is stalled, and our opponents in the War on Terror are emboldened.
However, perception can become reality if you let it. Bush is letting it happen because he is a good man. But these leftists get out of bed (or drug den, or futon,...) in the morning with full intent to take America down everyday.