[aquila48]

White House officials denied there had been a snub and said that Mr Bush had not yet had time to contact Mr Zapatero as he was working his way through a list of calls.

I believe it - after all zapatero does start with a z!!

[Mount Athos]

[i]"Yeah, the Spaniard are close to 50% conservative, much like the US. Don't write those folk off."[/i]

I agree with this. Only a few percent shifted after the islamic terrorist attacks in Spain.

Spain has had the most incredible anti-terrorism police/intelligence investigative efforts. Their judiciary simply could not be better or stronger on anti-terrorism.
I have hope for the Spanish, they are nowhere near as lost as the French.