Reply #16: I just want to point out how easy it is for Bush to use Iraq to his ad-

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vantage.

If this election is only about Iraq, or the IWR vote, Democrats are screwed.

Democrats better develop a really well-rounded message that can't be undone by photo-ops like this one.

And I think that Democrats are going to have to deal with the fact that Bush comes across as likeable to a lot of Americans. If you attack him, Rove will easily use that to discredit the attacker. The person who beats Bush is going to beat him because he or she is MORE likeable than Bush, and not because he or she has pushed a boulder uphill of trying to make Bush seem unlikeable.