Bush uses the "national security" hammer each and every election cycle. How do you think he has increased the GOP #s each time (which is UNPRECEDENTED in case you did not know).
The dems have given him TONS of ammo, with the last year of carping defeatist, treasonous bile. This Patriot Act crap is only gonna give him more ammo.
The Dems play checkers. Bush plays chess. And alot of conservativews don't even know it either.
"Absolute Ideologues" can never play politics and can never win.