Somebody posted yesterday in which they supplied a link to Juan Cole's blog in which he discussed the political implications of the capture of Hussein. Part of Juan's post though provided insight into what he thinks the dems need to do to win in Nov. '04.
Not sure of the etiquette here but if I shouldn't do this my apologizes, but I think it's important. Obviously the repubs have no problem playing dirty. It might be nice to see a dem media blitz incorporating these questions into some hard hitting ads, but I doubt it will happen. BTW watched part of the Rumsfeld press conference, no one asked him about his trip to Iraq in the early 80's, I guess that went down the rabbit hole.
"But in the coming year the Democratic candidates just have to take off these kid gloves. I'd begin by asking some hard questions about Republican administrations' past relationship with Saddam. Put that photo of Rumsfeld shaking Saddam's hand in 1983 in the commercials; ask hard questions about former Reaganites now serving in the Bush administration who supported Saddam to the hilt while he was gassing Iranian troops and Kurds; find out who authorized the US sale of chemical and biological precursors to Saddam; and be so rude as to bring up the horrible betrayal committed by Bush senior when he stood aside and let Saddam massacre all those Shiites in 1991, after they rose up in response to a Bush call for the popular overthrow of Saddam."