Reply #46: I don't think so... [View All]

Roughly half of the voters voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004 (yeah, yeah LESS THAN HALF, but not by much). His current approval rating is about 30%. That means that 20% of the voters, all of whom voter for Bush (TWICE) would not rather somebody else were in the White House.

What McCain is offering voters is essentially a third term for George W. Bush.

Will some of those voters blindly vote Republican? Absolutely.

Will some of them say, "Enough is enough!" and vote Democratic? Absolutely.

The extent to which the next election is a generational re-alignment of the electorate remains to be see. But we can all do our part to nudge it the right direction.