You know, these questions tonight reminded me of watching the Ken Burns series on The Civil War. Remember how when the war first started, all the men and ladies would drive their buggies out to the battlefields to watch "the war" and would enjoy a picnic lunch just outside of battle range.
This SO reminds me of our nation today! Watching the war on terrorism from in front of their tv's and thinking it was going to be a picnic lunch!!
Bush did an excellent job. My job is to sit back and watch the spin!!!
God! I love the smell of journalism in the morning!!!
Astute comparison. In 1864, Lincoln was feeling so much heat over the casualties (and, compared to Iraq, a single DAY during the Civil War had more casualties than our two WARS in Iraq), that he was not expected to win re-nomination from his own party. The Dems hated him. (What's new). His own limp-wristed "moderates" were ready to desert him, and the "far-right" wing (Radicals) wanted someone more, er, radical.
But the military victories came in the fall of 1864, and that was that. Chances are, Bush will benefit from several good developments on the battlefield (and in the economy) by the fall of 2004 as well.