[Ichneumon]

I know from other threads that alot of freepers disagree, but I don't see a pre-election attack meaning that America would choose appeasement and go with Kerry. If most people wanted us to fold, Bush would have approval levels at 30% since all he has done is go on offense since 9/11.

But that's not the only dynamic. Think about how many Americans would think in the wake of a new 9/11, "Bush was supposed to protect us from this kind of thing happening again, and he obviously failed."

[oceanview]

well with that approach, Bush was doomed from the start. He should have resigned the presidency on 9/12 then, if only 100% perfection is acceptable to the electorate after 8 years of 0% perfection by Clinton. And at some point, if he finds that attitude is prevalent amongst the electorate as the election draws near, he ought to tell them point blank what fools they are. If he's going to go down, go down firing and telling the truth.