"A large number of Liberians and Americans agree, at least publicly, that U.S. support for a candidate in the forthcoming elections would undermine the legitimacy of the elections and raise fundamental questions about level playing field, sovereignty, legitimacy, and democracy.

They therefore prefer a U.S. hands-off approach, but history continues to remind them that unless the US approves the outcome of the October polls by its own standards, Liberia stands to face economic stagnation and political isolation as has been the case in the past..

Apparently, Bush likes elections so much that he's got to have his fingers in all of them.