Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
It's been a while since we've had an incumbent President lose an election. Â In fact, it was 20 years ago, when George H. W. Bush lost in a three-way fight to Bill Clinton. Â What made that election remarkable was that Bush had enjoyed some of the best-ever job approval ratings of any modern American President just a little over a year earlier, into the 80s "” unthinkable these days for anyone, Republican or Democrat. Â Bush, a decorated veteran of World War II and a longtime player in diplomacy and national security, lost the election to an upstart Governor when...
It's been a while since we've had an incumbent President lose an election. Â In fact, it was 20 years ago, when George H. W. Bush lost in a three-way fight to Bill Clinton. Â What made that election remarkable was that Bush had enjoyed some of the best-ever job approval ratings of any modern American President just a little over a year earlier, into the 80s "” unthinkable these days for anyone, Republican or Democrat. Â Bush, a decorated veteran of World War II and a longtime player in diplomacy and national security, lost the election to an upstart Governor when...
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