Forward engagement in the big bad world is always a tough sell in America. Of those voters on the fence, while there are many highly intelligent ones, the majority are likely to be the kind of out-of-touch down-home types who respond favorably to Perot’s Mexico-bashing or Buchanan’s wog-bashing.

If the Dems figure this out, Bush will not stand a chance. When nations suffer battle fatigue, not even a Churchill can get re-elected.