Jonathan Alter has a great article

MSNBC – Only the Strong Will Survive via skeptic tank’s post on KOS

Bush believes that the best way to reinforce his strongman image is to stay on the offensive. He’s betting that the dynamic of the campaign will allow him to level a new stinging charge every day that Kerry must then “explain.” Whatever the facts, complex explanations look weak and defensive, so Bush himself rarely offers them; the president’s biggest applause line on the stump is when he says he would do everything the same all over again in Iraq if he had the chance. “There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops,” he said last week.

and this:

As the 9/11 Commission reported, our new world requires a more resourceful approach, with fresh attitudes toward intelligence, diplomacy and international education as important as anything coming out of the Pentagon. This will demand an eye for complexity, not a line in the sand.