Saddam <-> 9/11 REALITY CHECK

Before we start congratulating ourselves too much on how Bush's "Tough on Terror" image is unravelling, consider this:

"Do you think Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?"

Yes	36%
No	47%
Don't Know	17%

CBS News Poll, March 30-April 1, 2004. N=1,024 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (total sample).

So that gives a sobering reality check:

53% (=36%+17%) of American adults believe Saddam could have been directly involved in 9/11

It's sometimes hard to remember, when you're so immersed with all these like-minded people on dailykos, that the average voter lives in such a different world.

Why are the 527s not running ads hammering home just one simple message again and again: SADDAM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11... SADDAM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11... SADDAM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11...  Wouldn't that be the most cost-effective of all messages?