Hussein to be sentenced two days before mid-term elections Wire reports indicated Monday that a verdict in the trial of disposed Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein is expected on Nov. 5, two days before the congressional elections. That timing could significantly benefit GOP candidates, many of which are struggling to defend the war. After offering various rationales for the invasion of Iraq since 2003, President Bush recently said that the main reason for the war was to get rid of the Iraqi dictator.
"Presidents don't get to look back, but I will tell you, the decision to remove Saddam was the right decision," Bush said last week at a White House press conference.
An expected guilty verdict two days before the election would attract widespread media coverage and provide a much-needed boost for the Republicans’ message that they are stronger than Democrats on fighting terrorism.
Recent polls have shown an erosion of support for Republicans’ handling of the war on terror.
– Klaus Marre
