Bob Somerby's Daily Howler is a gem of a website. His entries from 02 09 2004 through today's are especially inspired.

Ahnuld for president?

If the U.S. knows of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts, it's too early to nab him. I think the likehood of an actual capture are pretty much nil. They may get the body, but I would bet that's even unlikely. Reuter's is reporting that if we, or the Pakistanis knew of his whereabouts we'd go and get him, so says Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan Hilferty.

This is sort of like Andrew Card's infamous statement to the NYT: "From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August.''

Nailing bin Laden now would give Bush a boost in the polls, but as has been shown, these boosts tend to be fleeting.

It makes much more sense to wait until one of the pots on the White House's stove goes aboil, or the election is near to announce the capture of bin Laden.