Timing, Howlin.... it's all about timing. (I learned that from watching the excruciatingly patient Karl Rove for the past five years.) Sometimes I forget that not everybody is a political junkie like us freepers. The fact is, that great big clueless "Jay-walking" rabble that determines election winners won't start paying attention until about September. THAT's when the "good news" should start flowing like a spigot.
....He said, with fingers crossed.
From your lips--er--fingertips to God's ear! ;^)
Astute political insight. Rove (and hence Bush) will wait until he's sees 'the whites of their eyes' 99.9% of the time. This is very unsettling to most, who start screaming "But they're shooting at us, shouldn't we shoot back or do something?!!".