Convention Madness

I think a key thing has been overlooked in all the hoopla about Vice Presidential picks, which have little impact on the election (although they may be a godsend to late night comedians). And that key thing is that neither President Bush nor Vice President Cheney attended the RNC (Bush did do a video thing).

A lot of people voted for GWB in 2004. And nobody likes to be told they're wrong. Democrats have denounced the current administration, but that can be attributed to partisanship. The news media's negative coverage can be written off to liberal bias. But when the Republican convention and national candidates distance themselves from the sitting President, who are you going to blame that on?

It's the same mistake Gore made in 2000 distancing himself from Bill Clinton. A lot of people do not make decisions based on an objective facts; rather they see how other people act and react. And this distancing is very damning.