If Bush is percieved as an "idiot" as so many people proclaim then why is/will there not be anyone *better* to vote for

I fully believe that the average US citizen doesn't want someone intelligent in the White House. I think that they feel like those people are too much unlike them, and are liable to outthink them in detrimental ways. (Okay, that last part is a little too pointed, but it's something like that.) They feel like some moron is much more like them, and they would rather have some good ol' boy in charge than someone who they feel is elitist.

Not that I don't believe that GWB is an idiot, but I do believe he plays it up for popularity's sake.

Why most Americans don't realize that they're much more likely to become smarter than to suddenly become multi-millionaires I'm not sure, as that's a much greater culture gap than intelligence will ever be.