Reply #16: To concur with almost everyone, the economy [View All]

[muriel_volestrangler]

Foreign policy may add to a general feeling of incompetence and untrustworthiness, but feelings are more easily countered by massive TV campaigns, which Bush can afford. Health care is a consequence of the economy. Americans as a whole still don't really care about the environment (sorry, I know many of you do individually, but as a whole you don't). Talking about National Security can get as many people to go for Bush as against him (you can't prove you'd do better; and there hasn't been a major attack directly on America since 9/11. If in doubt, security will play in favour of the incmubent, and/or the authoritarian right wing).

He has several weak points on the economy: unemployment (hits people personally, and not so easy to correct with campaign adds); massive deficit (more intellectual, but it does allow you to have Nobel prize winning economists saying 'Worst President Ever', and you can emotionalise the issue by pointing out it's your children who will have to pay, literally); tax cuts going to the rich, not the average person (which is both wrong, and hypocritical of him).