re: #494 sagehen

After 9/11, Bush had 90% approval.

That’s perhaps the most important point that is ignored and glossed over. (to the point that I forget it) Bush had the ENTIRE country behind him after 9/11 He stayed above 70% for an entire year after 9/11. And then bumped up past 70% during april of 2003. It wasn’t until July/August 2003 that his approval rating finally went below 60%.

The point I’m making, BDS was confined to an extremely small subset of the population, whereas ODS seems to grip the majority of the Republican Party.