In November '08 is the big day I think. Hopefully the US-citizens do the right thing and choose for change. I'm a little bit worried as European because what kind of change? More troops to Iraq and Afghanistan to win a war? M. said it, "I rather loose an election than a war" Just a war? Whose Waterloo was Vietnam? It wasn't M's.
Did he win? M. survived and US lost a war. Was it bad? Not at all.
The best way to win a war is to become friends with your enemy.