Be Olbermann; speak unvarnished truth:
What is the Crux?
I personally believe the crux right now is the fact that Bush is stalling for time with Iraq; he's going to run out the clock so that we have full troop strength in the quagmire that is Iraq when a Dem enters office in '08. The Dem will do the only humane thing and pull our troops out.
The GOP will pounce. They Will blame it on the Dems. They will take Bush's miserable loss and blame it on the Dems.
Why isn't the Dem leadership predicting this ? Inoculation is real.
I ask you- What do you see as the Crux? We're at a major juncture right now. A couple of months before a critical election, there must be clarity. What to you is the substantiative issue of the moment?