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It's been a rough stretch for President Bush. The story in Iraq turned sour in key cities like Fallujah and Najaf. Then the Abu Ghraib prison scandal hit. The economy has turned up, but nobody seems to notice. In a few public events -- such as the Tim Russert interview on "Meet the Press" -- the president has sometimes appeared halting and defensive. But not so at the White House this past Thursday. At a press briefing I attended in the Roosevelt Room, George W. Bush showed a side of himself we haven't seen in a while. He was tough,...

Iraq's a major problem for the presidential candidate, one he'd better fix long before November. What's the poor fellow to do? Sure, that applies to George W. Bush. But - amazingly enough - it also applies to John F. Kerry.

Since the people of Spain clearly illustrate that judgment can be impaired by fear, should the US government cancel or postpone the November election if we are attacked? It seems to me that this would be the only certain way to let the terrorists know that they can’t obtain the desired outcome with an attack during the election season. The success of the terrorists in Spain make the attempt of an attack on the US almost a certainty, postponing elections would nip those plans in the bud.