If it’s good, and it happened on your watch, you are deserving of praise, love, and re-election.
If it happened on your opponent’s watch, disregard.
If it’s good, and it happened on your watch, you are deserving of praise, love, and re-election.
If it happened on your opponent’s watch, disregard.
If it’s bad, and it happened on your watch, it was the result of the interweaving of several complex factors, no one of which could have been significantly influenced by your actions.
If it happened on your opponent’s watch, it’s totally his fault.