Here in late 2007, Democratic voters must confront an unpleasant truth (one which "offends" many of them): In 2000, and again in 2004, George W. Bush defeated two Democratic nominees, Al Gore and John Kerry, both of whom were judged by the nation's voters to be more knowledgeable and intelligent — and in Gore's case to be vastly more experienced — than Bush. But these very same voters found Bush to be more honest and trustworthy, and more personally likable than either D ...

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