While there's an unapologetically vulgar sense of relief here that the Bush era, its unpopular war and the political controversies it spawned are drawing to a close, there's also a trepidation that American electoral system, despite its rigorous nomination process, years of campaigning and millions and millions of dollars spent may be inherently flawed. It raises the question, "What if Bush wasn't a fluke?"
This tends to be preceded by a lot of other questions about what John McCain and Barack Obama are really like, the thinking being that if you're glued to MSNBC all day long, you'd know if there were a serious character problem or intellectual deficit.
Their doubts aren't about the things we follow up close -- race or age, experience or temperament. They're about being too far away to watch for things they missed the last time and about what it could mean if Americans elect another president so lacking in respect for history and his place in it.
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