July 15, 2004

BUSH WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT again and that's the best sign so far that he'll win this thing. If you want something, you have to ask for it, and the President, smartly, is doing it:
THE PRESIDENT: Hi.

Q I'm 18, and this will be my first time I can vote.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay, let me stop you right there. I'm the first guy to ask for your vote. (Laughter and applause.) Remember that when you get in the booth. (Laughter.)

In a speech yesterday Bush asked 8 times for listeners to vote for him.

By ommission Bush II learned some important lessons from his father. If you want something, let people know you actually want it. It makes a difference to voters that a President desires to be President. That's something Bush I didn't communicate very well when he ran for re-election in 1992. Bush II clearly won't be making that mistake. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack