pre-dbate OBL tape= helps Bush. Post debate obl tape = hurts bush

[montana500]

During the last debate, Kerry alida little golden nugget trap for bush, and Bush took the bait.

Bush said " I never said Bin laden wasn't a priority". And as we all know, there is famous tape of Bush saying Bin Laden wasn't that important.



the bin laden tape is negative for Bush.

[Gman]

1. Spent the last 1.5 hours driving back from out of town thinking about this

rationally and I think you're right. At best, this video drives home that Bush blew it in Tora Bora by outsourcing the capturing of OBL and it hurts Bush. At worst People have already made up their minds at this point and have decided to trust Kerry with the terrorism issue so its a push. I really don't see how this can seriously hurt Kerry.

To think this hurts Kerry is to think that people that were considering voting for Kerry will run home frightened to Bush for protection much like the kids that decided to go run around in a cemetary late at night and thought they saw a ghost. I just don't think that sentiment's out there at this point. I think people have decided Kerry is can provide a satisfactory level of security while simultaneusly getting back to the things that are important to people.