DANGER! DANGER!

You can tell when people are afraid. Republicans, in this case, who are launching a pre-emptive damage control strike at the prospect of Bush's job ratings hitting the crapper in coming weeks/months as the focus shifts from the war to domestic issues such as the economy.

By the way, as to the comparisons to prior campaigns in Racicot's memo, I'd note that Kerry, Dean and Clark each constitute much stronger presidential candidates than either Mondale or Dukakis.