It could have been Chuck Hagel’s day. He could have been the media darling. His candidacy as the anti-war Republican during the war debate could have driven the debate. Instead he said: "America is facing its most divisive and difficult issue since Vietnam—the war in Iraq, an issue that I Read more…
Not that I am. But he’s running for President!
That’s what this MyDD post suggests. This is bad, bad news for Hillary Clinton.
Doesn’t this help Sam Brownback? I don’t understand MoveOn.
A couple of days I wrote on the results of the Diageo/Hotline poll. Most people have focused on the Presidential results. BlogPI has written about McCain’s credibility on security with Republicans. I started looking at how GOPers prioritize issues, and thought it had some interesting presidential implications. So here’s the Read more…
Yesterday I praised some of the ideas behind Rudy Giuliani’s WSJ piece. However, some people have responded that it demonstrated a sort of smallness of vision. Dick Morris has just written on precisely this, and I think that it speaks to Rudy’s weakness: In President Bush’s speech on Wednesday night, Read more…
On Friday, Rudy Giulaini and Newt Gingrich published an op-ed on Iraq in the Wall Street Journal. This was very interesting from several perspectives. First, Rudy misplayed the Iraq issue. He came out with a statement on the President’s surge proposal relatively late. And he has not demonstrated any particular Read more…
There has been some debate over Sam Brownback’s position on the Iraq war. First, of all, the visuals were pretty good. By announcing his position from Iraq, he got a certain kind of credibility. A sort of, "I’m here, I can see what’s going on, and I think it’s a Read more…
Update: Brownback had previously taken a position and this blog suggests that Romney is talking about 20k troops. Update II: Silence from Giuliani. So far, the debate on the relationship between the Iraq and the 2008 Presidential has focused on the Democrats running from the war and the effect on Read more…
In recent weeks, there has been interminable talk about how John McCain’s Presidential hopes could be over because of his position on Iraq. While I see that McCain’s position on Iraq could be a threat to his candidacy, I think that the Democrats are between a rock and a hard Read more…