Alternative reality presidential run

[Bookworm]

What would the presidential race look like if Bush had never invaded Iraq? Let's assume for the sake of discussion that we still had removed the Taliban from power. Let's also assume (and you can correct me if this is an unwarranted assumption) that Saddam is still playing cat-and-mouse games with the inspectors, and even though the inspectors have found nothing, we are still unsure if a secret facility is being hidden somewhere.
Kerry mentioned in one of the debates that he thinks Bin Laden would have been captured if we had not diverted our resources to Iraq. Wouldn't his capture have provided Bush with an almost unsoppable political advantage? And wouldn't the Democrats have responded that "Yes, we caught Bin Laden. But what has Bush done about the threat of Saddam?"
Also, wouldn't Bush be benefiting from a greater economic situation due to all this money not going into Iraq?
I know this is all total speculation, but I'm just curious what others think.

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[Joe]

Very interesting to think about but i really don't think it would change much. The right would find stuff wrong about kerry and the left would find stuff wrong about bush. Right now its Bush about Iraq but if he never went there, something else would be used. And for Kerry its his flip flop and if he never flip floped it would be something else wrong with him. Just the way it is.

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[Bookworm]

I'm not sure Kerry would have even been the nominee if the war in Iraq had not been a major issue.

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[Joe]

Maybe.. no one like him when he was for the war..then when he flipped thats when he started...

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