Remember, Bush the 1st lost to Clinton . . .

[Chichiri]

. . . in spite of a 16 point bounce after HIS convention.

Keep the efforts up, folks, because Bush* is going DOWN!!

[Gelliebeans]

1. good point

i think we should also point out that a lot of republicans aren't voting for him also ie log cabin republicans and republicans for choice because of him alienating their issues on his platform.

[rfranklin]

2. Yes, and he was actually a better president than his son the drunk...

With apologies to other decent, human drunks.

P.S.--My mother was an alcoholic who didn't get treatment and it killed her.

[MrBenchley]

3. And Clinton didn't go negative at all....

despite barrage after barrage of attack ads from Poppa....

[seabeyond]

4. he had perot too though

lets not forget. big part of equation

[MissouriTeacher]

5. How late was Bush I's convention?

The Republican convention seemed awfully late this year.

[mark0rama]

6. Yes, he had a big bounce after Hate-Spew '92 (tm)

It took a while for the pure, undilted evil of Buchanan, et. al. to sink in and help to sink his re-election bid.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Bush lost to Clinton and Perot.

Which convinced many that "going after the middle" by becoming more republican is a workable strategy despite the losses since.