ABSTRACT
It might seem at this point that those in power have it pretty easy. All they have to do is to send out some press releases and organize some photo opportunities and they have it made. Now while some presidents do enjoy a certain honeymoon during their first few months in office, the halo usually comes off pretty quickly. Think about the final days of the George W. Bush presidency. The news and entertainment media were ruthless in their attacks on Bush, especially when it came to the Iraq war and the horrible state of the economy. It was hard to find many people who would defend him. In fact, one of Senator John McCain's biggest problems in the 2008 elections was to convince people that as a Republican he was “not Bush.”
