[Sir Gawain]

But, if it makes it all the way to the President's desk and he vetoes it, how much chance is there that it would be the defining issue that leads to Democrap control of Congress and the White House?

Not much chance realistically, considering this is the same issue that helped the Republicans gain control of Congress in the 90s and helped defeat Gore in 2000.

[Knitebane]

And the same issue that limited GHWBush to one term.

GW has learned from his dad's mistakes once, Iraq is a different place after the latest war than it was after Desert Storm. Let's see if he can learn from his dad's other mistakes, namely signing anti-2nd amendment legislation.