On the other hand, he disengaged from the American public and simply followed his new tone strategy of not replying to his critics. His response to the democrat strategy to tear him down was to not respond. Ex: Richard Clarke. He could have destroyed the man's crediblity so easily, by he, of course I mean his press secretary, or his VP, or any of his aides. He could have done this with any number of the things they claimed, but he remained mute.
Over time, the American public simply decided if he's not going to defend his policies, why should we........
He won a war, then lost it to public opinion.
It was one, of his biggest mistakes, if not his worst. Just my observation.
There were a lot more instances of his explaining and supporting the war than those on that Google list.
I really don't think it had anything to do with the "new tone." I agree that his refusal to defend himself was frustrating (OK.......more than frustrating!), but he did defend the mission.
It may well have been a big mistake in terms of his popularity to not trumpet his accomplishments with a bigger horn, but he truly didn't care about it, and it would have been going counter to his personal principles to do otherwise.
My observation. :) We can agree to disagree on this (again).