The Joosh wrote:

it's a safe bet President Bush will sweep in.
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His father's political advisers were caught flat-footed at a similar point of the campaign cycle -- August 1992 -- when Hurricane Andrew wreaked havoc in Florida.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, for example, won't let himself be seen as begrudging Floridians federal relief
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Democratic candidate Bill Clinton toured Andrew's aftermath but carefully avoided jabbing at his opponent
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Clinton's on-the-scene empathy after the Oklahoma City bombing moved people during a low point in his presidency
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(Clinton's) visits to disasters including Midwestern floods became a tour de force.