You know, it's easy to fantasize about how wonderful things would be going if a Democrat was running the military campaign, but I'm still having a lot of trouble plugging real-world Democratic presidential material into that picture, never mind who they'd pick for their cabinets.

I didn't vote for Bush because he was the best person I could think of for the job. Reagan and Goldwater weren't running. I voted for Bush because he was worlds better than the alternatives we were given.

God knows what Kerry would be doing in Iraq right now. His October speech detailing his plans had very little basis in reality, and those parts that did are already being done. My favorite: Call a meeting of Iraq's neighboring nations to see how they could help.