But what I think might happen is Obama making something more than a half-assed effort to get bin Laden. Doing so would send his approvals into the 80s or 90s and allow them cover to declare victory and get out.
The reason I think him declaring victory and getting out is a possibility is because of the fact that I think failing to do so would almost certainly make Afghanistan the new Iraq, and Obama the new Bush, in the eyes of the voters.
The benevolent dictator kind of talk over at dKos is silly. From the perspective of a politician with survival instincts, getting out makes sense. Bush can't run again, but Obama would be facing reelection in 2012. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
The benevolent dictator kind of talk over at dKos
Not that that's terribly surprising, of course, since candidates always have a certain group that will defend them no matter the circumstances. That's what bases are. It's just the nature of the beast. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
