I don't really have to praise Bush.
It's usually enough for people to see how played-out and pathetic the other side is. The Left hasn't fielded anything new in years, and most of what I'm hearing now as political rhetoric is unchanged from the Nixon era except for the names.
I'd still vote for Bush over Kerry, and before they stopped taking polls on the subject last year, so would most voters.
The Republicans aren't going to win in 2008 because they pick a spectacular candidate. They're going to win because the Democrats are going to pick another loser.