Consider it the currency of the Democrats rhetoric. And you can most certainly bet that somewhere in the back of the small minds that dish far worse (than what you take issue with)...there is at least a nagging thought about the political consequences of success in Iraq.
Right on both counts, but not germane to the points I was making. I just find it once again, to be too tiresome a litany, too well-rehearsed, and unfortunately too late to do any good in converting anyone, especially in light of how the Administration has failed to sell the war.
ANd yes, I do see how there would be negative consequences for the Dems if the war were seen to be a “success”, but they’re managing to paint it as a failure now, and to the degree they need to to look like principled partisans in their opposition:they are putting everything on this roll of the dice, just like Bush was putting his reputation and legacy on HIS roll of the dice, which was waging the war in the first place. Unfortunately for the Bush people, they have NO ONE out there to expose this Dem cynicism for what it is, they just repeat that litany over and over.