[demkicker]

You are right, or course. Everything the Dick does is calculated for political purposes. He's got presidential aspirations alright. Will be fun to watch his party's own junk yard leftists rip him to shreds for sounding too centrist and concerned about terrorism.

[Dutch Boy]

I suspect that he knows the truth and is preparing for the steam roller that is getting ready to roll over the leftist candidates. Little Dicky is playing the odds that Bush is smarter than the left thinks.