Summing it up neatly

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Well, he was helped by the fact the Bush Sr. was seen by almost everyone as invincible in the wake of Desert Storm....

Clinton stumbled on a message, I believe, in New Hampshire. In simple terms, "Its the economy stupid". The message was not sugar coated. It told little people that they will have to do the heavy lifting. But is was a message that a lying politician would never speak. That earned him tremendous respect. Rather interesting how Clinton came out of nowhere (after his post Super Bowl interview) to dominate domestic politics. Most important, he found a message that the people wanted to hear. Al Gore never really found a message in 2000. Kerry is still stuggling to find one. George Jr's is something about 'war on terror'. Even though 'war on terror' is a lie, the message works.