Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death; But Is Kerry Any Better Off?

That's a surprise, isn't it? Some people have expressed doubts as to its timing, falling so close to the US midterm elections. I have no way of knowing if that is true or not, but, if the Republican Party had its druthers, I suspect they would rather not have this unpleasant reminder of what got the Bush administration into Iraq in the first place loom large in the public mind. In any case, I suspect this will have little effect on the turnout or the choices of US voters. An irrelevant death: that will be the ultimate irony for Saddam. Likewise, John Kerry's verbal and visual gaffe (he actually paused to look down and check his cue card before he made that unfortunate omission) has had little effect on voter perceptions.

Saddam and Kerry: two has-beens. Politics is cruel.