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Originally posted by Not Bob
I read the article, too, Bilmore, and to be fair you should have noted that the quotes from the Kerry people (to the question of why they are voting for Kerry) are more along the lines of "it's 50-50 -- I like him and he's the Not Bush."
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Has that ever
not been the case where an incumbent seeks reelection? Were Repubs really all that enthusiastic about Dole in 1996?* Certainly a lot of Clinton's support was for "change" in his first election. And how many primaries did Reagan lose -- five? -- before the Repubs finally picked him as their candidate, in a year where people regularly said "Anyone but Carter"?
Ross Perot stands out as an exception -- he was popular because he was him. But how far did that take him?
