If you measure effectiveness on the level of public support for our continued presence in Iraq, he has not been effective. Moreover, the public does not see Iraq as part of the WOT. Bush must use his bully pulpit more effectively.
You can't blame the warping of the American mind by the left on poor communications skills.
He uses the bully pulpit very effectively when it comes to the war. It's just that no one except conservative news junkies like us even hear him.
That's reality, kabar.