[Mo1]

I always understood "Stay the course" to mean onto victory

But hey, whadda I know

[ohioWfan]

Stay the course as in don't cut and run and persevere until there is victory, yes.

But, as the poster wrote it, and as the left uses it, it indicates stagnation and lack of progress.

IMO, it's become a catchphrase for the anti-Bush forces, left and right, and no longer means what it was intended to mean when it was first stated.