According to a Meet the Press poll, now 57% of Americans do not support the mission and cost of rebuilding Iraq. Russert stated this was a flip-flop in support from a poll a month ago.

Scenario:
The Democrats try to tag Bush with not staying the course in Afganistan and Iraq and letting those countries slide into chaos. The adminstration failed to plan properly for winning the peace, and now we have a political mess that is inspiring more anti-Americanism. That, combined with the heavy-handed pressure against Iran and Syria, is threatening our country from further terrorist attacks. As a country, we have an obligation to live up to our commitments and as Democrats, we are stuck cleaning up Bush's mess. America must re-engage in the rebuilding in Afganistan and Iraq to quell the antipathy generated by the Republican arrogance.

Bush stakes out the position that by focusing on Afganistan and Iraq, the Democrats are missing the point. These engagements are just battles in the larger, ongoing War On Terror which we must continue to pursue with all due vigor; this is not the time to remove a successful Commander in Chief (from the party that looks good in a flight suit to the party that looks dorky in a tank helmet); and the Taliban and Saddam were a brutal regimes and had to be deposed not matter what (human rights, and all). Besides, we have full rights to abandon such ungratefuls who want to run the country their way and have their religion (i.e. Islamic, therefore extremist). Besides, Bush always said he wasn't into nation building, so he's staying true to his word.

Result:
Bush wins a 2nd term with a mandate to stop all involvement with those countries that don't support the expanded Roadmap to Peace. The military weapons and surveillance build up continues and the American civil rights crumble apace as the government claims to reinforce our borders and hunt out the spies and traitors in line with its War On Terror mandate.