Before getting too revved up about OBL, let me say four words...

[brooklynite]

GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH

He "won" the first Iraqi war (even had a victory parade), and the following year went down to a stinging defeat. A week fromnow, voters will be back to worrying about jobs, the economy and the deficit. We need to be prepared to act on policy in the short term and campaign in the long-term as if our lives depend on it.

[dkf]

1. Iraq was never about the US or our safety.

[Initech]

3. It was about one thing and one thing only: profit.

[Abq_Sarah]

14. Doesn't seem like we got any out of that deal

Profit, that is.

[rosesaylavee]

2. That was a limited engagement

lasting only a few months and there was significant anger about him not taking out Saddam Hussein at the time.

This is significantly different imo.

[Crazy Dave]

4. Yup!

"It's the economy stupid!" - Bill Clinton, 1992

[DCBob]

5. This is different. Iraq was never a big deal to most Americans.

9/11 wounded our souls... last night the wound began to heal.. and that wont be forgotten soon.. if ever.

[MilesColtrane]

6. Yes, Bin Laden's death won't mean a whole lot at the ballot box.

Clinton and Carville's axiom hasn't been disproven yet. It's still "the economy, stupid".

[Crazy Dave]

8. I can't wait to hear the stump speeches

"I killed Bin Laden, kept unemployment from reaching 15% and gas from being $8 a gallon"

[Curmudgeoness]

7. I have to agree that this will not take Obama all the way to 2012.

Americans have some really short memories.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. I remember there was even an SNL skit about who would be dumb enough to go up against GHWB.

[Curmudgeoness]

12. Bwaaaahaaahaaa. The last laugh is the best laugh.

:rofl:

[Shiver]

13. I remember that.

"The Race to see who would lose to Bush." Every candidate was proudly proclaiming they would lose the best.

[ecstatic]

9. Bush was primaried and ran against a 3rd party conservative

ran as well. Perot got 19% of the vote--that's pretty significant.

[Drale]

10. "Read my lips no new taxes"

That is the reason he lost.