The turning point in this election will be when Rudy Giuliani takes the stand (I mean podium) in defense of George W. at the Republican Convention. As is mentioned in this NY Times article he will be speaking almost exclusively about 9/11 because:

"Not discussing it would be like conducting an election for Abraham Lincoln and not discussing the Civil War."

Or as he we will surely point out:

"I don't need Michael Moore to tell me about 9/11."

Pardon the analogy, but takign a page from the Al-Qaeda handbook, the Republicans have been planning this speech at this palce at this time for three years and the payoff is going to be huge.

I also have to comment about the Time's reporters use of conventional liberal wisdom in her reporting. She writes that:

Even yesterday, while vigorously defending President Bush, Mr. Giuliani seemed to float away from his party's talking points, declaring Mr. Kerry qualified to be president, even if he would not vote for him.

Which senior Republican has ever said that Kerry was not qualified to be President?

In fact, when I did a google search on "Kerry" and "not qulaified" the majority of relevant results had to do with Kerry saying that Edwards wasn't qualified to be President!