Come home, soccer moms -- all is forgiven

Southern women have decided they've had enough of worshipping at the altar of the Almighty Codpiece:

In 2002, terror-struck married women with children supported Republicans over Democrats by a 17-point margin (53 percent to 36 percent). In 2004, 56% of them backed Bush -- validating the president's arduous pursuit of MILFs (Mothers I'd Like to Frighten).

But now, fed up with Bush's broken promises on Iraq, these security moms are telling pollsters they are more inclined to vote Democratic than at any time since the 9/11 attacks. According to a Pew Research Center study, they currently favor Congressional Dems by a 12-point margin (50 percent to 38 percent).

The bloom is also off the presidential rose with Southern women, a key Bush constituency in 2004 when 54 percent of them swooned for him. Now, 60 percent of them say they are planning to vote for a Democrat in November. This deep-in-the-heart-of-Dixie dissatisfaction is being fueled by disenchantment with Iraq. Only 32 percent of female voters in the south approve of Bush's handling of the war.

I think women are also smart enough to realize that Bush can't keep this war going on forever, let alone expanding it, without additional cannon fodder. And they're putting together that it may very well be their sons that are conscripted.