Well, I think if, if he gets mad. Yeah, and part of the problem is Bob Dole s style has kind of scolding is coming through. The one change in September is that Bob Dole has come to be seen as being too personally critical of Bill Clinton. I mean, if you look at the advertisements and the things they re saying, Clinton s being critical of Dole, but Dole has this style of, of appearing to be too negative and to be not the underdog, unfortunately, perhaps but the attack dog. If he s an attack dog, he s in big trouble.
People don t like attack dogs in their front yard.
And that raises another issue. I think he will try and use humor and say, could you tell us, which is the real, what is your real policy here, you ve done this Mr. President, and I think if the President says, gee, Bob, if you d been listening, and you hadn t been out traveling the country and you hadn t left the Senate, you might be aware of what s going on in Washington. Talk about debates changing perceptions. Ross Perot went into the debates in 1992 two to one unfavorable. He came out two to one favorable.