[w_over_w]

Hey Coop~

I mean a thoughtful review of what's occurred the past three years, and what's ahead.

Here's a thought from Fred Barnes . . . "President Bush has two other factors working for him. One is the unpopularity of the Democrats. Mark Penn, the pollster for Bill Clinton, found recently that the percentage of Americans who identify with the Democratic party (32 percent) is the lowest since before the New Deal, 70 years ago. The other is President Bush's current condition. If he's even with Democratic rivals now, with recovery just beginning and a spate of bad news from Iraq, imagine where he'll be when the recovery sets in and Iraq quiets down. When President Bush gets there, the media will have a new word for him: "favorite."

HUA!

[soothsayer99]

You labor under the impression that Iraq WILL quiet down. I just talked to someone who recently returned and he said things really aren't going well at all and we will be there for who knows how long. In addition, this CIA leak is not going to go away. Things are not looking good, but it's true that we have a long time to go until the election.