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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
1) Usually the first two years of the first term could be considered the honeymoon period, The voters start splitting after two years.
2) not on its own, but with the AIG scandal, the budget that he released and the minefield thats caused and some speech gaffes probably start to lower the forgiveness fatio.
3) Negatives usually outweigh positives and gain a momentum of their own especially for high profile public figures. Bush's presidency didn't really start to slide until that stupid mission accomplished gaffe. then it went severly down hill no matter what he did.
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very good points. I suspect two years might be a bit generous for the honeymoon period, but that's just a feeling I have.