WARTIME  (CONT)

I criticized John Kerry a week ago for failing to rise to the challenge of wartime leadership by not offering clear policies on Iraq and terrorism that put these issues beyond politics. I must make a similar critique of Bush. This is a crucial election, in which the United States is facing its most serious problems in decades -- deadly enemies abroad, frayed alliances with old friends, a sluggish economy, a bitterly divided electorate. I can't help feeling that the winning candidate will be the one who can bridge the domestic divide and give the country a confident sense of purpose. In short, the winner will be the one who truly earns the mantle of "wartime president." This week, that wasn't George Bush.

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