Posted on 05/21/2009 4:34:15 PM PDT by fiscon1
I have no doubt that President Obama hastily rushed to develop and deliver his national security speech today because he knew that Dick Cheney was giving a similar speech as well. Conventional Wisdom (CW) would have it that as long as Dick Cheney is visible that's bad for Republicans. That, to me at least, is far too simplistic. Obama only began to seriously lose the debate over GITMO when Cheney pushed back. Does anyone really think that the Senate would have voted 90-6 against Obama yesterdady without Cheney leading the way in condemning the closure of GITMO?
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It's pretty clear to me.
Cheney = not OK with terrorist attack on LA.
0bama = just fine with terrorist attack on LA.
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