I agree with you 100%! ;) I think the reason it was so close this year with such a clearly terrible candidate (John Kerry, of course) was because the liberals are too prideful to admit that Bush is a much better leader than Clinton! Like beef said, the libs aren't thinking rationally at all... which is made apparent by the fact that they are voting for John Kerry! Any rational man or woman would never in their right (or left) mind vote for such an America-hating candidate! Just look at his Vietnam war records.
True, Bush could never beat Reagan's communication skills and conservativeness, but like you said, Bush is just as good a leader as Reagan.
By the way, nice to meet you astonberry!
Y'know, looking back to 1992 I'm just amazed at how poorly Bush Sr. did in that election. What does this mean? Does it mean that any conservative candidate simply must be a super-duper powerhouse to have any hope of winning a major electoral victory?