[hchutch]

True, but I am beginning to get the feeling they may have outmaneuvered themselves on this issue.

I am beginning to think that George Bush Jr. is the type of politician that Raymond Spruance would have been had Spruance decided to enter politics. He seems to be as cool as ice, and he doesn't fall into the manipulative traps that the Dems have tried to set. He might frustrate some on his side at times, but he'll come away a winner in the end.

[mwl1]

I think it is often Dick Cheney who advises the president away from danger.

[Denver Ditdat]

I am beginning to think that George Bush Jr. is the type of politician that Raymond Spruance would have been had Spruance decided to enter politics.

That's a great analogy. I like the image of W as the Spruance of politics - mind if I borrow it?