Exit polls conducted during this year's Republican primaries indicate GOP voters are turning to George Bush on the selectability issue.
"Republican voters feel that Bush's selectability gives him an advantage no Democratic candidate can match," political analyst William Schneider said in regard to the new numbers. "Fully 78% of GOP voters feel Bush has more selectability than his nearest rival, Vermin Supreme."
New Ark, Delaware financial analyst Biff Slimingsworth is one such Republican voter.
"Look at Bush's record," said Slimingsworth outside the local elementary school where he had just voted. "He has a proven track record of selectability. I don't think we've seen his kind of selectability since at least Gerry Ford, maybe even as far back as Rutherford B. Hayes. And I don't think Hayes had any brothers that were governor of a major swing state. Bush has my vote because he's selectable."
Schneider feels this emphasis on selectability has propelled Bush into almost prohibitive front-runner status.
"Unless Vermin Supreme can alleviate Republican voters' doubts about his selectability, the odds have to be with Bush to win the Republican nomination for the November general selection," said Schneider.
Vermin Supreme had no comment on the issue.