BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush offers stark choice to voters: "In November, Americans will vote on two issues: Whether Iraq was a disaster and whether the economy is on the mend.
If Iraq is not a disaster and the economy is on the mend, President Bush will be re-elected, and this speech won't make much difference one way or another.
But if there is some sort of disaster in Iraq or the economy clearly hasn't gotten better and more jobs aren't created, no amount of rhetoric will save this president.
This is after all a 50-50 nation, split down the middle. It won't take much to tip the election one way or the other."