Which event would most seriously harm Bush's chances in Nov.?

[spooky3]

Let's assume these have occurred as of the end of October 2004.

[DrFunkenstein]

1. Don't Forget AWOL, Cocaine, and Harken

That's before we even get to his slash-and-spend budget!

[arcos]

9. What's Kerry's opinion regarding Harken?

Considering Robert Torricelli works for the company?

[bigwillq]

2. Lack of Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Would do the shrub in

[JohnLocke]

3. Mad Cow Crisis

[West Coast Democrat]

4. They've gotta raise interest rates sometime

and when they do, it'll be something to behold

[spooky3]

5. kicking to move it up the page

[knight_of_the_star]

6. Here's one

That will kill his run dead:

Exposure of his FAILURE to stop 9/11 even though he knew it was coming.

[bobbieinok]

7. those still around MIGHT find this out in 50 years or so

...

[Sub Atomic]

20. but if you're going to go there...

you may as well start bringing out the other reasons, you may as well start bring up his "carpet of gold or carpet of bombs" discussion with the Taleban the summer before 9/11 when he was trying to get a pipeline across iraq.

but that's just heresay, or so they'll tell you.

[DuctapeFatwa]

8. Enough people deciding they don't like his policies even more than

they don't like him, and deciding to change their government.

[spooky3]

16. and what will it take to achieve this outcome?

[orwell]

10. Rate of Change

The killer would be for long term interest rates to dramatically rise. This would increase home mortgage rates, kill the housing market, increase unemployment, lower corporate profitability and stock values.

This BushLeague economy is built on debt and more debt. A sudden sharp rise in rates would release the dogs of financial war on the AWOL regime. If it is perpetrated by the bond vigilantes, there is nothing that the Politburo over at the fed could do about it.

Game, Set, Match...

~O~

[spooky3]

15. so did you vote for mortgage interest rates or other?

[orwell]

23. Other

n/t

[ShaneGR]

11. You missed the biggest question

Another terrorist attack.

[spooky3]

13. that's a good point--but if we didn't have comments

the thread wouldn't get kicked right? :-)

[Rooktoven]

12. Valerie Plame affair

and the right people using the word "treason".

[spooky3]

14. another good one

[Cronus Protagonist]

17. Terrorist attack on mainland US - he would not be able to win after that

He's not keeping us safe!

"FUCK BUSH" Buttons, Stickers & Magnets

[BillZBubb]

18. Worst harm: Major terrorist attack

Second worst: Plame leading to oval office

[spooky3]

19. but I could see it going the other way too--

"he kept us safe for x years; we're too scared to change now; they've done all the ground work;" etc.

[BillZBubb]

21. But they couldn't blame that one on Clinton.

The Democratic candidate would make huge gains by saying I told you so. Bush* is a miserable failure at protecting our country.

[renegade000]

22. well...since this is hypothetical...

IMHO, God coming down from heaven in a giant fireball, reigning brimstone upon the world, proclaming in a glow of ethereal effulgence that it would be nice is Bush is voted out of office.