[Dean's World] Dave Price: More Support For The Two-Dave Hypothesis

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Posted by Dave Price:
More Support For The Two-Dave Hypothesis
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1190737634.shtml


   Dave Schuler and I have both argued that, much to the chagrin of the
   netroots and Code Pink, the serious adults in the Democratic Party
   have long understood we cannot simply abandon Iraq to become a bloody
   battleground owned by Al Qaeda and the Mahdi Army, and whomever sits
   in the Oval Office in 2009 is likely to make no dramatic change in the
   policy of not withdrawing before stabilization is assured. Support for
   this argument can be adduced by Hillary's refusal to commit to
   withdrawing troops, as noted in [1]this post by Andrew Sullivan, which
   makes the point well before descending into some regrettable babbling
   nonsense about neo-monarchies and the Dark Night Of Cheney-Bushitler
   Fascism®.

     [Josh] Bolten said Bush wants enough continuity in his Iraq policy
     that "even a Democratic president would be in a position to sustain
     a legitimate presence there."
     "Especially if it's a Democrat," the chief of staff told The
     Examiner in his West Wing office. "He wants to create the
     conditions where a Democrat not only will have the leeway, but the
     obligation to see it out."

   Continued [2]progress on the [3]ground in Iraq between now and
   November 2008 could well [4]create those conditions.
   Hillary's [5]immovable position as clear front-runner is a great boon
   to Iraqis and those who believe in the country's potential to develop
   into a free, prosperous, peaceful democracy that respects basic rights
   like free speech and free press. Her lead is comfortable enough that
   even in the primaries she can eschew making politically convenient
   promises to the reality-challenged far left base that if fulfilled
   would likely prove as disastrous to the people we are trying to help
   (and to perceptions of U.S. puissance) as was the dishonorable
   abdication of our responsibilities and ideals in South Vietnam.

References

   1. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/09/queen-hillary-i.html
   2. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyhq3ADshGO5q1Ye-U10Jlt5vcAA
   3. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001519.html
   4. http://www.athensmessenger.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=274&ArticleID=5517&TM=43287.86
   5. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html