No wartime president has lost a re-election bid, those who argue this position add.
The third man is impressing the nation and the world as a phenomenal wartime president.
In 1991, after all, the country was united behind the hugely popular wartime president, the first George Bush.
Thus far, he has been a strong and often inspired wartime president.
Boosts in public support for wartime presidents don't dissipate that quickly.
What exactly does a five-term governor of Vermont have to teach a masterful wartime president about defense?
The Republicans have become so strong under a popular wartime president, meanwhile, that they feel poised for an era of dominance across the country.
Since Sept. 11 he has really been the ultimate wartime president.
A war hero with foreign policy experience, he seemed like the perfect candidate to take on a wartime president.
The assault was a marked contrast to the reluctance of many Democrats to confront a popular wartime president while that war was under way.