Bush says Hillary will beat Obama...

Then he goes on to predict her defeat against whomever is the republican nominee. This is predictable cheerleading and probably the only responsible thing for him to say. Mr. Spin Doctor! Yet all the republican candidates are doing their best to distance themselves from him.

They do have a good strategy - "VICTORY", meaning victory in Iraq. And any failure will be blamed on the democrats. I don't think it will matter much, depending on the conditions next year. People will either see some hope and elect the republican or give up on the war as a failure. The problem is here that I don't believe there will be any clear cut victory anytime soon! So, it will be turned over to the spin-doctors!

I see Iraq as a major part of the equation, but not all of it! As noted earlier, I had hoped Nancy Pelosi would have backed off for a year and then started up trying to end the conflict. I bet Bush is glad he is leaving office!