Why does Claymore still want to vote for Bush? Because Bush is Republican! :-) Simple. It's a religious act in the USA to vote for the party you have always believed is the GOOD party, pretty much regardless of who is leading it. Only about 10% of the registered voters are very likely to switch alliegances in an election. It is those 10% whom the politicians frantically court with their barrage of character attacks, misrepresentations, false promises, platitudes, and outright lies.

They can count on the rest of the faithful sheep in their particular flock to do exactly what they have always done.

In a system where you only need a fraction over 50% of the vote to win...you don't have to persuade too many people to cross over to the other side. Such a system is rife with dishonestly, manipulation, and shameful behaviour on the campaign trail...because that's what seems to work best.

Very sad. It's a pandering to people's worst instincts.