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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I think as Bush's terms went on, Republicans were just as likely to be criticizing him as Democrats. This early in his first term, yeah, I think people assumed that his critics were Dems.
I think we're still at the stage that if the election were held again tomorrow, even the folks disappointed in Obama right now would vote the same way, assuming they voted for him in the first place.
He doesn't really have to be good for people to vote for him, he just has to appear to be better than the other major party candidate.
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I think that last part is true in any election - in many cases, you're voting for the "least bad" of the candidates. That's how I ended up voting in the last election - I didn't think any of the third party candidates were credible or worth my vote, and I liked McCain more than Obama. It wasn't that I was such a big McCain supporter - I just liked him more than Obama.
As for the Bush/Obama thing - I agree that, as you got to the end of Bush's term, it was hard to find anyone that was happy with his term. Lots of Republicans were just ready to get someone else in office.
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