"If the people lead, eventually the leaders will follow."
I think I'm watching this happen.
I've complained about Hillary, and will probably continue to do so. But she's getting better. Her speeches in the last few months actually describe and attack Bush's top-to-bottom corruption of government directly, coming closer to stating openly that they are completely lawless (not quite there yet though). She also declares that warrantless wiretapping is unacceptable, albeit with caveats which stick in my craw. She's finally speaking more solidly in opposition to the Iraq war and any possible Iran war, despite residual hawkishness. Now if she can just take on a strong position against torture...
Edwards is getting better, as we all know, having gone from an Iraq war vote to realizing that it was wrong. His position that the GWOT is a fraud is a change and an improvement. And I think it will push the other candidates that way too. Now if he can take a stronger position on torture....
Obama is getting better too, from what I can tell; he seems to be dropping the irritating right-wing frames one by one from his speeches. Now if he can become less of a cipher....
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