Actually it's not that rare for a President to not get re-elected, just look at George Bush Sr. and Jimmy Carter Jr., who each served 4 years. They were beaten by 8 year term presidents Ronald Regan and William Clinton. Prior to that most of the Presidents of the 20th Century were re-elected if they didn't die or get impeached first.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index2.html
I don't know that the Bush administration will work closer with the UN in the future. The attitude of most Republicans is that they don't care about the UN and don't think the US needs to listen to what the UN says. My neighbor says the UN is worthless and should have joined in on the bombing of Iraq and help us take down North Korea. As with most of these brain washed Republicans, when my wife questioned her about this, she asked if my wife preferred Communisim....republicans are just as dumb as Democrats, no wonder only like 55% of American's even vote.
@topic: Concerning the election I mainly get my informations from CNN, which isn't the best source, but I think the republicans will get another four years. Correct me if I'm wrong, I think very few american governments were denied a second term, and if than only because of serious national scandals.
For Europe the war on Iraq would have been enough to elect another government, I guess. But that is because we had wars in Europe for centuries and most of them directly at our doorsteps, which is a bit different than sending troops on the other side of the world.
For my taste the Bush government went to war too light-hearted, but I became a perfect pacifist by living in a city where every now and again a team will show up to dig a two meter long bomb out of the ground, while the neighbourhood is told to leave their windows open, in case the thing decides to explode after a 50 year sleep.
Sorry, got a bit off-topic.
So, Bush will get re-elected I'd say. And I don't have a problem with that, as long as the gevernment decides to work closer together with the UN in their second term.[/QUOTE]