I thought Bush II horrendous, at most times. I find Obama to be FLOUNDERING; looks like I am an Independent as I was when I was younger. I voted for McCain in 2008, never thought I would again vote Republican for President. This year, I am looking at the options, none of which are appealing. That is why I will see how the actual campaign goes.A caveat: I write this as an unabashed supporter of Obama from early 2007 on. I did so not as a liberal, but as a conservative-minded independent appalled by the Bush administrations record of war, debt, spending, and torture. I did not expect, or want, a messiah. I have one already, thank you very much. And there have been many times when I have disagreed with decisions Obama has madeto drop the Bowles-Simpson debt commission, to ignore the war crimes of the recent past, and to launch a war in Libya without Congresss sanction, to cite three. But given the enormity of what he inherited, and given what he explicitly promised, it remains simply a fact that Obama has delivered in a way that the unhinged right and purist left have yet to understand or absorb. Their short-term outbursts have missed Obamas long gameand why his reelection remains, in my view, as essential for this countrys future as his original election in 2008.
Andrew Sullivan: How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics - The Daily Beast
Note: Sullivan mildly endorsed Kerry, or so he said.
Sullivan describes himself as a conservative and is the author of The Conservative Soul. He supports a broad range of traditional conservative positions. He favors a flat tax, limited government, privatization of social security, and opposes welfare state programs and interventionism
Andrew Sullivan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bush had bad press, Obama has had great press.
Enough said.