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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher
It does appear that the USA judges its leaders by different criteria to the UK. Bush would be laughed out of British politics. Blair is so popular because he always sounds very intelligent, convincing and reasonable. We know that he has a problem with the truth, yet still people trust him.
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I think this is true. After Reagan died, I was reading an article comparing the two candidates to him. At one point, it mentioned how Reagan was thought of as a "dumb cowboy" in Europe, almost in the same light as Bush. Then it went on to explain how differently Europeans view politicians, expecting them to be more representative of what I would call the upper-crust of society.
If the election was held today, Kerry would win the electoral college, 280-248 votes.