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Monday, March 07, 20051110246000
The Sinking Ship of the American Tory Party
"Public Support for Iraq War Collapsing: Majority of Americans want to Bring Some Troops Home ," by Juan Cole, Informed Consent, 6 March 2005, http://www.juancole.com/2005/03/public-support-for-iraq-war-collapsing.html.
"Richardson Praises Bush's Mideast Policy," Associated Press, 7 March 2005, http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20050307/ap_on_go_pr_wh/richardson_mideast (from DU).
"Flash: Chris Matthews...," Drudge Report, 7 March 2005, http://www.drudgereport.com/ (from DU).
First, the shocker (while it's still news to anybody)
FLASH: CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC: The 2008 presidential campaign will not include Al Gore. I'm reporting here tonight that the former vice president and 2000 presidential nominee will not run for president in 2008. I've been given this scoop from a perfect source, I must say, who informed me that the purpose of this disclosure at this time is to end speculation about a campaign that will never occur.... Developing..
Al Gore imitating Howard Dean
And word from someone 2008 probably will include:
Support for President Bush (news - web sites)'s mission of spreading democracy throughout the world, especially the Mideast, is winning accolades from an unlikely source — New Mexico's Gov. Bill Richardson, a prominent Democrat often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate.
Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary under President Clinton, on Monday cited Syria's promise to lower the profile of its 14,000 troops in Lebanon as a "very significant" result of U.S. pressure.
The presidents of Syria and Lebanon announced Monday that the Syrian troops would be pulled back to eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley by March 31.
"I believe the Bush administration deserves credit for putting pressure and saying that authoritarian regimes have to go," Richardson said on NBC's "Today" show. Bush's stated mission of spreading democracy around the world "is working, whether it's by design or by accident," he said.
Bill Richardson with Sun-Disk
Seal of the State of New Mexico, or Papist Hagiography?
Saying "I told you so" on President Bush's Second Inaugural would be a waste of time. Instead, the real analysis:
Gore bet big on the Torification of the Democratic Party. Like Nixon in 1964, he prepared himself for a second chance by endorsing a wingnut candidate. He bet that the fever would last until at least the primaries, giving him time to wrap up the nomination.
He chose poorly.
The successful Iraqi election and Lebanese intifada have collapsed the political center's opposition to Bush's Middle East policies. Baghdad Spring is a time for Baghdad Rules.
How can this be, if Juan Cole says the public is increasingly suspicious of the Iraq War?
Because politicans are not stupid. They are forward-looking. They play to the crowds of election day. Historically moderate Clintonistas are now shouting their sympathy for the war and preparing to save the ship. And Howard Dean's ilk are drowning.
Domestically, we supporters of the Iraq War have strategic despair on our side. Good.
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