A Respite From Illusion

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Sunday October 01, 2006 · 9:46 AM PDT

2006/10/01 · 09:46

Few actions of government are ever as serious as the waging of war. But in spite of its solemn importance-or perhaps because of it-the national debate tends toward partisan positioning with demagogic rhetoric and empty slogans substituted for a sober analysis of real world facts.

In the end, it seems, public policy and national morality shouldn't turn on the grandiloquence of biweekly opinion columns any more than on an administration labeling its critics "Defeatocrats" for supporting due process of law and opposing torture. So this week I do away with righteous tirades and lofty appeals to principle in order to catalogue, simply, some facts. Facts, I pray, still have a power greater than illusions spun by those in high office.
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'08 Dem Formula (Poll)

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Monday April 24, 2006 · 11:12 AM PDT

2006/04/24 · 11:12

Here's my recent thought about the '08 President elections for you to chew on or spit out. Dems of course are trying to figure out how to win, and some say we need an electible candidate, and others for whom that sounds like a prescription for more bland, Kerry-ish candidates, say no, we need someone we can believe in. But this argument seems fairly silly to me. It's not one or the other. We don't want either McGovern or Kerry. What we need is someone we can feel good about AND who has the ability to win enough states to be President. Read More

Which Repub. do you want in '08?

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Wednesday April 12, 2006 · 11:37 AM PDT

2006/04/12 · 11:37

While there's been a lot of debate in these circles about who the best Democratic nominee will be in '08, who should progressives be cheering for to nab the Republican nomination?

Clearly, the winner of the Republican primary will have as much consequence on the implementation of a liberal agenda as will the Democratic victor. Several factors to consider: Who would be the most tolerable should they, God-forbid, capture the presidency in '08? Who will be the easiest to beat?

My analysis below.
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