On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 03:37:48 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 3:15:03 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 04:42:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 6:30:52 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 08:21:07 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >Well, I'm not too sure about Bush,
>> >
>> >Bush the elder was perhaps low on folksy charm. He had the advantage
>> >of being the Vice President when he ran for POTUS.
>>
>> That certainly helps. Am I right in recalling he wasn't a particularly
>> popular president? As you mentioned, he wasn't great at putting on the
>> charm (not that something like that would influence my opinion).
>
>He wasn't re-elected, so he must not have been popular.

I think in terms of charisma alone (such as it was), Bush had no
chance against Clinton.

>a recession in 1992 (the year he ran for re-election), so voters
>blamed him. He was also the "read my lips, no new taxes" guy, but
>he had a Democratic-majority Congress, which resulted in higher
>taxes and increased government spending.

Yep.