[thedugal]

I would say No. The country was still swinging to the right after 9/11. The swing right has come fullstop and now appears to be thrusting leftward. The left has the momentum. The question is, what is Bush going to do about it?

[Texasforever]

The question is, what is Bush going to do about it??

By himself? To the Left he is Hitler to the Right he is Marx. How do you fight that?

[LdSentinal]

The country was still swinging to the right after 9/11. The swing right has come fullstop and now appears to be thrusting leftward. The left has the momentum.

Of course the left has the momentum; it's their primary campaign. Once Kerry is nominated their bounce will fade just as did in 1996 for the Republicans and Bob Dole. The country was shifting to the right even before 9/11 due to attrition of Democratic voters and it continues to today.

And no president was ousted with a unemployment rate at just 5.6%.