Whoever wins in 2004, the economy will still be booming in 2008. That's already 'baked into the cake'. So if Bush wins, his successor will have a good economy to run on, and if Kerry wins, he'll almost certainly get re-elected. Kerry would be held back from wrecking the boom by the Republican congress. This incipient boom is one of the biggest reasons I think a Bush loss in 2004 would be disasterous. If Kerry were re-elected in 2008 he would allow the tax cuts to expire, which would probably kill the good times.. but by then it would be too late.
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