Posted on 06/25/2008 3:39:26 PM PDT by neverdem
As we enter the second half of the campaign year, facts are undermining the Democratic narrative that has dominated our politics since about the time Hurricane Katrina rolled into the Gulf coast most importantly, the facts about Iraq.
During the Democratic primary season, all the party's candidates veered hardly a jot or title from the narrative that helped the Democrats sweep the November 2006 elections. Iraq is spiraling into civil war, we invaded unwisely and have botched things ever since, no good outcome is possible, and it is time to get out of there as fast as we can...
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And the fact of $4 gasoline has undermined the narrative that alternative forms of energy can painlessly supply our needs. Public opinion has switched sharply and now favors drilling offshore and, by inference, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Democrats are scrambling to argue that drilling wouldn't make any difference and that anyway the oil companies aren't drilling enough on federal land they currently lease.
All of this matters because the rejection of the Republicans in the 2006 elections was a verdict on competence more than ideology. The Republicans seemed incompetent at relieving victims of Katrina, producing success in Iraq and even policing the House page programs. The Democrats could not do worse and might do better. But in the 19 months since November 2006, some important facts have changed.
If Mr. Bush was wrong about the surge from summer 2003 to January 2007, Mr.Obama has been wrong about it from January 2007 to today. Mr. McCain seems to have been right on it all along. When asked why he changed his position on an issue, John Maynard Keynes said: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" What say you, Senator Obama?
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By November the BHO train will be off the tracks...they just don’t know how far out of touch they are....the Democrats can’t find a solution if it hits them in the azz and this is an election that requires some commonsence solutions.
That would be a Secret Service and security nightmare. That could cause an open convention.
Do you think Petraeus is any less of a target? Or Maliki, for that matter? Sure, it is not a walk in the park, and real courage is involved. At the same time, I am not advocating strolling through Mosul where al Qaeda is getting their brains beaten out but is still infested somewhat. Something needs to be done to clear everyone's sinuses a bit - something to cause a paradigm shift.
see my tagline!
I hope you are right, but I wouldn't count on it. McCain needs to shake things up and do things that challenge the current assumptions about him (old, tired) and Iraq (lost, hopeless).
I daresay that a large percentage of the electorate has no idea who the candidates even ARE at this point. They'll start paying attention after Labor Day, if they're interested in voting at all.
"This is a place with a lot of independent voters who make up their minds right at the end."
It's not the first time that I've seen a quote like that. Independents are probably at least 30% of the electorate.
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My fear exactly. The MSM still dominates the great unwashed as they slavishly watch the news and eat up the brainwashing. I fear stupidity and hatred for Bush and the pandering of CHANGE AND HOPE has fried much of the Indies’ minds, even some moderate Dems and that Barr and his inaneness will keep the Pubs from winning the WH and will not be able to avoid the 60 votes in the Senate.
In Iraq, the good guys have valiant leaders unafraid to take the battle to the enemy.
When asked why he changed his position on an issue, John Maynard Keynes said: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"Thanks neverdem for the topic and ping, and Tennessean4bush for your comments.
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