Originally Posted by fresnelly

By the end of our previous Mayor's final term, he had become a joke due to his constant state of befuddlement and boneheaded speaking style. He was also ill and rarely present in chambers. And yet, during the following election, many were still willing to vote for him because he was "feisty", and a "regular guy".

This perception, coupled with "man of action" is what Bush has succeeded on from the beginning, and what his speaking style serves so well.