I am sad to say that Obama is proving to be far more shrewd and adept than I thought. The only plus in this is that it MIGHT mean he won’t go too far left because he knows he could lose his shirt in 4 years.
“promoting” both of your rivals out of the Senate where you actually are their boss? Completely diffusing the power base of both, and as noted in the the thread, get a Dem AZ governor to appoint the replacement?
I don’t think McCain will do it, but Obama might play to his patriotism and get McCain to thinking he is the “protector” of the troops when Obama pulls them out and guts the military.
I will say this, at least McCain (or Powell for that matter) would do everything humanly possible to tactically protect the troops, even in retreat. IF Obama pulled us out of Iraq suddenly, at least those two could possibly save American lives.
But that is about the only plus one can see to this.
We are up against an even more difficult foe than I imagined. The Clinton hires were shrewd as well.
Interesting times. The question is, who is the GOP counterpart? I like Jindal, but I don’t know if he is this shrewd strategically. I happen to think an alliance of Newt Gingrich as the background strategery guy and Jindal as the next big thing is the best hope. But who knows?