Hoagland on the Antiwar problem. This is what cost the Dems so much in the election, IMO.
You share that assessment with Bill Clinton, of course. I certainly wouldn't disagree that was one of the issues that hurt them. But a full analysis is more complicated. I'll skip that for the moment. But we should have a discussion about the election some time. Perhaps the two of us could simply declare that we are going offtopic together and anyone who wishes can read or skip our posts.
I continue to believe that Ken Pollack and his coauthor, name escapes me, in that Policy Review piece, laid out the foundations for a very large part of a very different foreign policy, one that is both better and more politically astute, which a Dem candidate like John Kerrey could well draw on. Because it fits precisely with other things he has already said.
If you have time, I suggest you read Joe Klein's piece on Kerrey in The New Yorker of a week ago. The piece is not online so it would require a trip to Border's. Moreover, the way Klein frames it, the critique is one roughly shared by Kerrey's buddies, McCain, Hagel, Cleland, Kerry, all the present and former Senate Vietnam Vets. |
