New bin Laden tape

Bush and Kerry are both spinning the new bin Laden tape in support of their campaigns. I don't get the Bush spin. Why should people re-hire the man on whose watch 9/11 occurred, who initially talked big about getting bin Laden and then let Afghan War Lords handle it rather than US Special Forces, who then quickly diverted attention to Iraq and Saddam, and who has indicated no plan for a drive to find and kill or capture bin Laden?

Ask yourself this: on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the strongest, how strong do you think Bush committed himself to getting bin Laden and how strong to getting Saddam? To me, there is no question Saddam was a 10, even before 9/11. As for bin Laden, I really don't see much commitment - maybe a half-hearted 5?