My thoughts after I saw Bush open the Olympics from in front of the athletes:
Bravo for Bush for speaking for the people (in this case - the athletes). He did not put himself up above them but right there with them -- sort of like when he was using the bullhorn with the Ground Zero workers.
More voters that possibly leaned left will now vote for Bush because he was personable and showed that he really cared about the individuals -- the athletes representing the USA!
During the mid-1980s I attended quite a few baseball games at the old Texas Rangers stadium in Arlington. I always went with a friend who had season tickets between third base and home plate and I enjoyed watching Dubya sit behind the dugout. He was there every game and was very good with the "little people." I wish that I had had the sense back then to walk the 50 feet or so between us and strike up a conversation. Back then he was nothing more than one of the sons of the Vice President.
I'm always running into store clerks and such in the north Dallas area who are anxious to tell me what a nice, friendly, and unassuming man Dubya is. He's certainly one for making friends everywhere he goes.