What of the current President's legacy ?

Whilst watching President George Bush's address to the Republican National Conference via satellite link, I wondered as to what in his own mind's eye would be the ultimate impression he would like to leave in the minds of the American public.

I then thought back to the reports circulating that the location of the leader of the Al-Quaeda terrorist network, Osama Bin Laden was within a relatively small area in Pakistan near the Afghan border.

Next I see the first cross-border raid by US forces without Pakistani approval was reported today.  Is the President planning chlandestine activity with the aim of capturing Bin Laden before the clock runs out on his Presidency.

What a gift that would be to the American Public, his Presidential legacy and, not unimportantly, the odds for his successor Senator John McCain.