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IIRC, Bush41 did not even campaign until after the late summer Republican convention. I think that it was for 2 reasons. First he was so popular after Gulf War 1 that Republicans thought reelection was a foregone conclusion. Second, he did not really want to be President again. Bush41 himself has often said that he felt worse about all the people he let down with his loss than he did for himself.

The only reason that Clinton, who had promised the people of Arkansas that he would finish his term as governor, won the primary is because some A list Dems did not run due to Bush41's (short-lived) popularity. The only good thing about this is that the Clinton's had to rush with shredding all the documents that proved their corruption.

Bush could have still won if he had pushed back about the tax increase, exposing the Dems for lying about cutting spending $3 to every $1 in tax increases. Of course being the "gentleman" (read: pushover) that he was, he just took the arrows.