I think more than anything else, the election will be seen as primarily one thing:
A referendum about the war in Iraq.
IMHO, we should have gone in, got Saddam, then got the hell out.
If the muslims chose to kill each other after that, it's not our fault - or our problem.
Wrong. It is our problem, if we give al Qaeda a state from which to regroup and attack us.
Their stated goal is not just to 'kick us out of the Middle East...Their stated goal is to 'kill Americans'. Let's not give them a foot hold or the chance to accomplish that--with a nuke perhaps?