““To me, the genius of Dana Carvey was Dana always had empathy for the people he played, and Alec Baldwin has nothing but a fuming, seething anger toward the person he plays.””
The reason why even GHW Bush actually liked the character, and it was almost universally enjoyable regardless of politics.
Dana was funny (and not mean) as Ross Perot too.
Dana Carvey was fantastic so was Eddie Murphy.