[thegreatbeast]

Things look good for 43 but anything can happen between now and a year from November next.
Bush or anybody else for that matter can be beaten by a bad economy. Those soup bowls must be filled or the politicians in charge are going to pay.
If there is another terrorist attack on American soil, then Bush can be sacrificed for that too. I myself will blame him for not doing anything to secure our borders and rein in legal and illegal immigration.

[WRhine]

Bush or anybody else for that matter can be beaten by a bad economy. Those soup bowls must be filled or the politicians in charge are going to pay.
If there is another terrorist attack on American soil, then Bush can be sacrificed for that too. I myself will blame him for not doing anything to secure our borders and rein in legal and illegal immigration.

Throw in an unexpected 3rd Party Challenge and 2004 can get REAL dicey for Bush. For the reasons you outlined, Bush had better think long and hard about his dad's experience and the factors that led to his defeat.

[DPB101]

Bush or anybody else for that matter can be beaten by a bad economy.

That has been the norm recently. But it wasn't for FDR. THe depression deepened under him but voters didn't care. They had an emotional attachment to him. FDR was trying. He ws doing something. For them. When that bond is made, it is almost unbreakable. We've all met people today who voted for FDR and think the same of him now as they did in 1938.

Bush isn't all the way to the relationship FDR had with voters. Times aren't as threatening. But he is close. And there is no one even on the horizon the majority trusts more.

[winner3000]

(I myself will blame him for not doing anything to secure our borders and rein in legal and illegal immigration.)

Even if all of this were true, do you think that staying home will get you anyone better than W? Who among the 9 morons would do that? Let's keep our leaders accountable, but perfection is not a fair standard to judge them against.