Cheney Cooks Kerry in California

There has been a turnabout in Bush campaign strategy this past week, turning up the heat on Kerry. Cheney cooks Kerry in this speech at the Reagan Presidential Library -- persuasively defending the War on Terror and trumpeting its effects including a neutered Khadafi in Libya and the ouster of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Perhaps most damaging to the Democrats is the following truth:

"Even if we set aside these inconsistencies and changing rationales, at least this much is clear: Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power, today, in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait."