THose are your OWN points, nothing you attribute to Goldberg are points he was trying to make. He makes some very good points, however, which seem to have flown directly over your head. THe fact is, were a Democrat to win the WH, and incompetently handled the WOT to such an extent that with a year or so, another attack on our soil would occur, that would spell the end of their Party FOREVER. But if Democrats secretly hoped to lose the Presidency precisely because of such a scenario, they could also figure a way to re-establish a majority in Congress, which even lacking the Presidency, would put them in a very good position anyway. Goldberg doesn't make this point, but I do. The Dems will have to proceed in the next 20 months or so LOOKING like they are serious about gaining the WH, while keeping their fingers crossed that they WON'T get it.
I just can't believe the faith some people have in the Democrats. I did get the point Goldberg was trying to make, the point is that is IS preposterous.
He says:
"No, the argument, felt in places we don’t talk about at cocktail parties (vide A Few Good Men), is that the Democrats have been such irresponsible backseat drivers that they have to be forced to take the wheel to grasp how treacherous the road ahead is."
This is a major fallacy, that the Dems would grasp the real danger, if they were in power. Carter didn't grasp it, Bill Clinton didn't grasp it, what makes anyone think that they would grasp it now? If anything, Hillary would use it to declare her president for life.