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The problem is not "how to win in Iraq", rather how to win at home.

This is where the main battlefield is. Unless we win the propaganda war here, what we do in Iraq won't matter much (in the short term).

Bush has got to continue going on the attack with speeches and appearances like he's been doing the past month, 'cause the other side ain't going to relent.

He has to get his poll numbers well above 50% or else even the rats on our side (RINOs and moderates) will abandon him.

Bullseye !! Your comment was right on, IMO.

The President started reacting to the partisan attacks far too late; and essentially lost 10 months in the process, due largely to the ineptness of the White House in responding in aggressive no-holds-barred hardball.

If Rove were as smart as he has been touted to be, this acute failure would have been corrected forthwith. Hughes was basically out of the loop, but she should have blown whistles long distance from Austin.

This problem was clearly apparent far earlier than was acted upon. I fault Card and Rove -- in spades. And, for that matter, "W", himself. He can be a stubborn guy...and far too easy on the lethal opposition...including the RINO's.

In closing, I suggest that 2006 will be one truly ugly year in Washington.

As another reader said Bullseye. I get the impression he does not trust the American people with the judgement to respond to commonsense leadership the way Reagan and FDR did.