The Sun appears quick to memorialize the presidency of President Bush. But forgotten in the Sun's diatribes is that Bush's poll numbers are not unreasonably low for a president in his second term. Also, while the Sunpaper would like to think that the Iraq war is playing a large part in Bush's relatively low personal poll numbers, the truth is that the war in Iraq has less to do with the current psych of the American public than does the high price of gasoline and the stagnant stock market. In the fiercest fighting of WWII, we routinely lost more than 2000 Americans per day. And the benefit of having Saddam Hussein out of power and a Democracy firmly entrenched in the Middle East could easily wind up being more important to future generations of Americans than the battles in Europe against Hitler. Also forgotten in their haste to bash the president is one fact that haunts Democratic Party strategists every campaign cycle; at the end of the day, the Democrats will have to run a candidate against the Republican nominee. So the question will not be "how much do you like Bush or your Republican congressman" , but how does the Republican incumbent compare to a particular Democratic candidate. And given the penchant of the Democrats for fielding candidates far out of the mainstream on issues of morality, that question can turn on its face the demise of national Republican power. The Sunpaper would have us believe that America is a "pro-choice" nation. Not true. Poll after poll suggests that Americans overwhelmingly support the availability of abortion in cases of rape, incest, or the health of the mother. Other than that, Americans are in favor of putting reasonable restrictions on abortion. The American public overwhelmingly supports legislation requiring minors to have the consent of their parents prior to having and abortion, and only a sliver of people agree with the "abortion at any time, for any reason, without parental consent" nuttiness that happens to be the Democratic Party position. On the issue of abortion, the Republicans are largely aligned with the American people, like it or not. The Democrats sing a much more radical tune. And poll after poll suggests that Americans do not want an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq, as to do so would embolden the global terrorist community once again. On this issue, like on most issues of morality, the American people run contrary to the political left. And staying the course in Iraq is an issue of morality. It is giving people the opportunity to replace death and torture with democracy and freedom. To moderate and conservative Americans, that is a benevolent thing to do. The Sun would be wise to remember that it is far too early to predict a Republican loss of the House or the Senate, or for that matter even a cessation in the number of seats that the Democrats have been bleeding over the years. Because as long as the Democrats are in bed with greedy personal injury lawyers, the abortion lobby, terrorist sympathizers and rogue dictators, there is always hope that the Republicans will have another remarkable national election, despite of their current woes.