Have you looked at the reaction here to COSCO's efforts to gain a hold in Long Beach? Some of that predated President Bush's election, but a good deal of it was after, and even well into 2003.
The expressed sentiment was strongly biased AGAINST that effort to gain a toe hold. Limbaugh justified a stance against by virtue of a shipment of automatic weapons, intercepted.
Anyway, I'm at peace with my personal atitude becuase I know the difference in my level of detail knowledge and level of commitment to the outcome between the two instances.
My only "ultimate" point is that (as usual) the discussion on FR is heavy on the mud side, and light on the informative side.