Bush admits bin Laden helped him beat Kerry

On CNN website:

http://www.cnn.com/...

"I thought it was going to help," Bush said. "I thought it would help remind people that if bin Laden doesn't want Bush to be the president, something must be right with Bush."

Wow, that's disingenuous.  Actually, bin Laden WANTED Bush to win.  Bin Laden knows that with Bush in there and the Iraq mess continuing, recruiting will continue to go very nicely for al-Qaida.

That said, I admit that I wondered a lot during the pre-election runup which way that one would fall.  I do feel that bin Laden likes having Bush around.  But did American voters react to that tape by being more or less likely to vote for Bush?  I think it made them more likely, and I think bin Laden - or his handlers who are probably smarter than he is - knew that would happen.