election question

[verte76]

Many of us remember when Clinton was running for president and his people were using "it's the economy stupid" as a guide for the campaign. This was very true of a post-Cold War campaign; earlier Democrats had suffered from being "soft" on defense, but not Clinton. Is it still "the economy stupid" post 9/11? Is foreign policy more important in 2004 than it was in 1992? Why or why not? Opinions wanted please!!

 

[nbcrusader]

With GHWB, the perception was that he did nothing to move the economy out of a recession (to the extent a president can control this). With last year's tax cuts and consecutive quarters of growth, the catch phrase will not be as effective this year.