[Ben Ficklin]

In 2004, Bush was still a wartime president and because of that he won by a much wider margin.

It wasn't until 2005 that public opinion shifted.

Most presidents win a second term. Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Nixon/Ford, Kennedy/Johnson, Eisenhower, Truman, Roosevelt. GHW Bush and Carter are exceptions to the rule

[DJ MacWoW]

Public opinion? You mean the carefully controlled propaganda by the press that went unanswered by Rove?

Are you a Perry supporter? No one made him jump on the Rino bandwagon. He leapt all by himself.