I love W, but my one pet peeve is that he and the Administration have not been very public about their victories in this war. We who follow the news religiously are aware, but Joe Sixpack out there isn't. Frankly, I'd like to hear some of the victories we've had in thwarting attacks on this nation; you know there have been victories, but because of "security" concerns or a concern about not panicking people, they've not been public about it. Consequently, whenever the terrorist threat level is bumped up a notch, it results in people laughing about it. I bet this nation has come close to other terror attacks, but they haven't been announced. I think the Adm. should be letting the public know how close we've come to other hits. Scare the bejeebers out of folks...as far as I'm concerned, that's fine. It may wake people up to the fact that this Administration has been vigilant and effective, and it would also wake people up that we need to keep this Administration in office.
The other thing I have a hunch about is that the Defense Dept. and our intelligence agencies probably have some pretty solid evidence about the fate of Iraq's WMD, and Saddam's ties to al-Qaeda, but again, they're keeping the information close to the vest. Frankly, this is more than a hunch, because all one needs to do is a Google search of "Saddam and terrorism" and see what's publicly known, or read David Kay's interim report to the CIA from last October on the WMD issue.
In sum, I think the Administration has done a horrible job promoting it's own successes in the War on Terror.