I have come to view quailfiers such as the above in the same category as, "Some of my best friends are..."
If you have to quailfy your statement, chances are you are not telling the truth.
Kinda like when someone calls into Hannity as a "life-long Republican"...
My entire family is of voting age and every one of us voted for the president in both elections. As a matter of fact I was teaching in the Ukraine during the last election and spent $40 USD in shipping charges in order to make sure that my vote for President Bush arrived in time. The shipping cost was exceedingly high but that was what they charged me and I could have said "jump in a lake" but I didn't because I wanted my vote to count. It arrived in NH the day of the election and was counted, but NH went to Kerry anyway. Have you ever spent $40 to vote to make sure your vote counted for President Bush? Neither had I, but being a Vietnam Veteran, I wanted to do everything I could to make sure Kerry was NOT elected president.
I stated the qualifier to show how much the president is hurting his own base. While not running again, he does have the power to set policy direction and he is flat out wrong on illegal aliens, seemingly taking the same track with Iran as Clinton did when he "dealt with" North Korea and has not been taking a hard stand on genuine energy policy with the house and senate. All of this is going to have an impact on any perceived "momentum" because it is not going away.
I totally support the war and am thankful for the good news, but this is not enough to sustain momentum because it is only one facet of his presidency and most Americans are more affected by the issues listed above than they are by the war in Iraq, unless they have family members serving there, then that would of necessity take precedence.