I'm sure that you do think he's an asset. And please note that I conceded her belief in him being an asset was not unreasonable. I also conceded that, at another time, he might have been more of an asset.

My only point was that, in politics, what's an asset in one election may not be in another, simply because the voting public has different priorities at different times.

Polls show that dissatisfaction with nearly every aspect of the federal government is at an all time low: both in terms of the Republican president and the Democrat congress. People seem to want a change, a "fresh face."

It's very, very, difficult to portray yourself as a "fresh face" when you've been in the public eye since 1992 and you're campaigning as a de facto continuation of a prior administration, regardless of how popular the head of that administration might be.