Pardon me for using THE campaign cliche of the year (you just know Tim Russert will say it at least once Tuesday night), but the ammo story, it's being refuted convincingly, and UBL's reappearance and Kerry's snarky response to it really have set up a Perfect Storm situation.
How? Because it sets up all of Bush's strengths--his willingness to wage the war on terror; his respect for our troops; his solid stand for what he believes is right; his knowledge of what's really going on in the world--and all of Kerry's weaknesses--his jumping from topic to topic looking for anything that will win him votes; his assinine kneejerk habit of smearing Bush at every opportunity; his willingness to slam soldiers in the field for his own political gain.
All of that just kind of mixes together in your head and and you realize you can't trust him with the greatest military on Earth. And you vote Bush.
Agreed. I think that both the explosives story and the OBL tape help Bush. Hopefully CBS's two failed attempts at sinking Bush will insulate Bush from whatever tricks McAuliffe and Frank Rich have in store for him this weekend.