In the midst of the campaigns' last days, Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey used the McCain campaign's reported distancing from Bush to take a look at our current president and how he handles his attackers. The two reporters show him as a man with a surprising amount of equanimity toward his critics, but that doesn't mean the Bush Bashers didn't get heated themselves:"I seriously want to know what planet those who voted for W are from, because I'll be sure not to go there...What were they thinking?" asks one reader. "I understand that no president, like no human, is perfect. But we set ourselves up for this mess. And so it's time people start looking inward and STOP voting on party lines and letting labels dictate how they think and vote."

Comments attacking the President were numerous -- and expected. But this ire also brought out a surprising group of Americans: those that, despite the current executive's flat-lined approval ratings, still support him. Or, in the least, believe that these last years would be a challenge for any candidate. "I don't think President Bush is a perfect person or a perfect President" one comment said. "And I'm sure he'd say the same. But I also think no President since Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of such vicious attacks as he has been." Others added that the Liberal Media had doomed Bush's presidency from the start -- "portraying the guy as inept even before he got elected" -- before adding that W "went through stuff no other president aside from Roosevelt had to undergo." As he prepares for his January exit, and as tomorrow's election looms on our collective mind, this theme of looking back eight years predominated the comments as many also threw in their two cents on McCain or Obama.

Consider these words from rivaling readers: "I supported the President both elections. Disappointed and angry over the administration's failures of the last 8 years, I have been supporting Obama since the primaries. McCain, whom I used to admire, lost my vote not only because of his ties to the President, he also lost me because of his disloyalty to him. I am not surprised that McCain has 'thrown Bush under the bus." And then the other side: "You democrats have been trying to find something as scandalous as Clinton lying under oath so everything has been blown way out of proportion...Bush [has] done nothing wrong. If so, impeach him. Oh right, you can't."

Since many of the people who wrote these sorts of comments were GOP members, I was fascinated by the amount of people who don't just blame Bush for his lack of popularity, but also for potentially shifting the balance of power: "I am a Reagan Democrat and I believe GWB is a decent man but I am one of those who think his presidency is a disgrace," wrote a reader. "He stood with big business and watched the average families suffer. He stood over the destruction of the manufacturing sector, while CEOs made out like bandits. He forced unthinkable debt onto future generations and now the GOP will pay dearly. Because of him, the most liberal candidate ever will be elected and a ton of seats will be lost in Congress."

Regardless of what happens tomorrow, let's hope that either candidate upholds honor and integrity. Let's hope he, despite all the cliches, might cross party lines. And in the end, let's hope he earns higher approval ratings that George W. Bush. Right?