Yes, this is too easy with the headlines that US and Iraqi troops have just missed him two or three times in the past two weeks. But I have a soft stop for gut things, and George Bush is on a roll.

• First, Condi and Gonzalez have been confirmed.

• The stock market continues to improve.

• The State of the Union address was the best he’s given so far.

• The Iraqi elections were an overwhelming success.

• Afghanistan is a democracy.

• Social Security reform seems probable as the Democrat demogoguery has eased since last night.

• Saddam’s trial will begin soon.

You put all of these things together and they add up to a winning streak for the POTUS. Zarqawi will fall soon.

Bin Laden, though, seems to be another story. I suspect he is safe so long as he stays in Pakistan.