"When he won, he was able to keep the party base, which is a tradition of minorities and labor, but he was also able to expand it into moderate, mainstream individuals," Breaux told CNN television Monday, hinting that Kerry lacked the pizzazz to appeal to a broad-based public.
Bullpuckey... when the 'Toon won, he was able to keep his base (43%) - Bush won the Republican base, and Ross Perot stole the rest.
I can recall being quite angry at him for 1) going back on the "No New Taxes" pledge, and 2) allowing Clinton to denounce the Reagan Era.
It was as if Bush was trying to separate himself from Reagan, and in the process I think he lost quite a few people. Most of those people went to Perot, but some of them stayed home, and some (gasp) even voted for Clinton.