Bush gains all the credit. One nightmare has GOP consultant Roger Ailes juxtaposing Iraq’s allies at the United Nations with Dems who resisted force.

Political disaster. Even hawkish Dems may be labeled wimps. If troops clean up, so does Bush.

Ironically, the Dems’ best hope lies with a calamitous war effort, which would ruin Bush. Still, they could be accused of aiding Saddam by sending mixed signals before shooting began.