Gosh darn it, people like Bush

Here's Mort Kondracke: "2004 Shaping Up To Be McGovern Versus Reagan"

This looks to me like a deja vu presidential election, with the Democratic candidates all resembling their party's past losers and President Bush setting himself up for a 1972- or 1984-style landslide.

Kondracke also makes the case that, just like Reagan, Americans generally like President Bush as a person. This is going to contrast sharply with the angry Democratic base and their tempestuous, razor-tongued candidate Howard Dean.