[LS]

Well, you are right, but like I've been telling people around here, election cycles ebb and flow, and NONE of the defeatist crap amounted to anything in May or June or even July or August. If you recall the May that John Kerry had in 2004, it was pretty good, and look where he ended up.

I expect another couple of fantastic weeks of "mojo" before the 2006 election cycle, no doubt timed just right.

[Huck]

Lately I've been envisioning the 2008 election cycle. I don't think it's too optimistic to imagine that by the spring of 08, in the height of the election season, that our troop levels will be drawing down significantly in Iraq. Imagine tickertape victory parades in major American cities as victories American liberators return home. Imagine this all happens while in Iraq, a democratically elected gubmint is up and running, basic utilties are functioning, we have an Arab ally in the ME. And then imagine what on earth the completely hapless DEMs are going to run on.