Look what happened to President Bush's father who was a Man so superior to that b-cup sporting, cellulite-ridden, reprobate clinton that it's not probably measureable. Yet he lost.
I know that situation is not necessarily analgous to the present one, with this President, but I can tell you that those people who swing elections are looking for a reason to dump President Bush, all they need is a little assurance that his fill-in will not make us more vulnerable to serious attack.
Kerry scored a direct hit when he said, 'I misjudged which words to use, he misjudged when to go to War. Which is worse?' And the only reason he scored that direct hit was because President Bush did not respond in a way that could defang that assertion.
In the final analysis this stuff doesnt' matter. Call the campaign and volunteer. Note that the campaign knows which rental vans the Dems are getting election day in cities. Renting the day before and just keeping them past return date and paying the extra day charges is a great strategy and the campaign will need drivers in the cities where the Dem votes are. Be sure to call and volunteer. You'll need to be available a few days before the election and on that day too to drive the vans out to the suburbs where are voters are.