We talk Iraq, we win. We talk economy, we lose.

A friend of mine raised a good point today. Anybody else notice how when Kerry was hitting Bush hard on Iraq, he did better in the polls, and now that he seems to be devoting his time to talking about the economy, the polls are stagnant (or in the Wash Post tracking poll, Bush is actually doing a bit better)? I remember being a bit concerned when I heard Kerry was switching over to talking about the economy. Iraq was working, why switch gears? Especially with today's news about the Saudis helping payroll the insurgents, and another article I'm about to post about how Bush totally emasculated the effort to find Osama, so he could get the troops to go into Iraq.

Jobs matter, but you already have the folks who are worried about their jobs. Perhaps the idea is to go after that group and get more of them to vote, and it may work. And the polls show that the top issue for folks is the economy. But when it comes down to it, the economy didn't send us all into therapy 3 years ago, security did. People may *say* their top issue is the economy, but when the fire engine goes by, they still jump through the roof.