Harry Reid, the Senate Majority leader, recently suggested that President Bush is “letting Osama bin Laden roam free”:

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Senate Democratic leader, issued a statement criticizing Mr. Bush’s agenda.

“Whether it is privatizing Social Security, giving massive tax breaks to oil companies while consumers pay more at the pump or letting Osama bin Laden roam free while we keep our troops mired in an open-ended Iraqi civil war, America has had just about enough of President Bush’s misguided priorities,” Mr. Reid said.

Of course, there’s no evidence that Bush has allowed bin Laden to evade capture.

Note how Reid imputes motive to Bush’s failure to capture bin Laden. This is a direct reversal of the conservative tactic of suggesting that we have failed to win the war in Iraq because Democrats want us to lose.

(See the conclusion to All the President’s Spin for more on how liberals are increasingly adopting the tactics of conservatives.)