[Huck]

Yeah, I realize 06 is far enough away as it is. I'm just visualizing what success in Iraq will look like 2 more years down the road, and how it will hopefully be the death knell for the DEM party for good. How would they recover after their shameful behavior during wartime? Your point about Iran is a very good one, though. Hard to say how that will impact things, except that no one in their right mind would trust DEMs with national security. Kerry et al are truly laughable. Did you see the other days Kerry said "you can't have it both ways" on Iraq? He should know!

[LS]

What you say about the Dems probably won't change no matter what: they will always be the party of defeatism and non-national security---they were in 1898, were virtually forced into war in 1917, and ironically FDR and Truman were the only Dems to really see a threat and attempt to act on it. You could argue JFK got us into Vietnam (correct) but didn't give us the policies to win, and wouldn't had he lived.

The point is, regardless of what happens on our side, the Dems are, in terms of national security, a non-factor. The only question is whether we make oursleves a non-factor by nominating a McLame or simlilar weak candidate.