Well, perhaps Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) tipped her hand when she said, “I just think that my husband did a great job in demonstrating that Democrats are not going to take this.”Can they not hear themselves?! Time and again the Dems tell us how MAD they are at Bush, the Republican Congress, Rumsfeld, Fox News, etc. etc. etc.With the mid-year elections coming up, maybe the only defense for Dems is a good offense.
For all their indignation, there's one glaring omission: they never express anger at the real enemies. Thugs cut off an American's head...Dems rail against spying on terrorists. Blow up a few Iraqis and the Dems demand Rumsfeld resign. Try to blow up a bunch of American airliners (and get caught), and the Dems go on and on about Bush trying to frighten the public. Do they really think Americans don't notice this pattern? The only people they never get mad at are the perpetrators.
For the life of me I can't understand their picking this battle at this time. Logic tells me the Dems plan to return to the "War Room" days and roll out Begala, Carville, McAwful, etc. Clinton's interview was designed to loose the binds that restrain former presidents from entering the political fray. The Dems think they're putting in their A-Team. They fail to anticipate the easy GOP response: "See, that's the only 'War Room' Dems seem to embrace. They hone their attacks on their American opponents while thoroughly failing to present a comprehensible plan for fighting the real war."
Those whom one does not percieve as enemies are oft seen as allies.