[Monti Cello]

I can see your point, but I really can't see how this does Bush much disadvantage. And while I'm no intel expert, it's also difficult to see how these accounts from a decade ago would jeopardize current intelligence.

The points in the memo are so voluminous as to negate a simple dismissal or an easy refutation by the Dems. Note also that there are apparently many more details to come. The Dems can go out on a limb and try to break down these stories, but they will be discredited again and again in the coming year. Now's as good a time to start as any, and I have to wonder if its a coincidence that the Dems are getting hammered in these memos, and that they are getting set up bigtime on the judiciary issue as well.

I can't avoid the thought that Bush, Rove, Frist and Roberts have concluded that the enemy within must be dealt with and the brass knuckles are coming out.

[Maelstrom]

Simple, 10 months from now nobody will remember this stuff.

Additionally, Democrats now have 10 months to plan a new path of attack rather than being stuck will an ill-planned strategy at the eve of the election.

That's how it disadvantages Bush.