Republicans regard Dean as one of their best secret weapons, I have yet to find a Democrat who, in private chatter, doesn't think he's a problem for them. |
That entire doctrine has come and gone. Now the doctrine is you respond instantaneously, and where possible with a strong counterattack. A lot of that is because of the Internet, a lot of that is because of cable TV news. |
The president is bristling because he finds it hard to believe that anybody, especially his own allies, believe that for one second he would do anything to harm American security. Hopefully, calmer heads will prevail and events will transpire that let everybody climb back from the ledge. But they better climb back pretty fast. |
They got into a mind-set that they were so right on Iraq - and I agree with them on Iraq, by the way - that they didn't have to explain themselves. |
What is so frustrating is that this is a problem of their own making. I have no idea why they didn't see the politics of this. |
What it reminded me of the other day is 'Baghdad Bob' saying there are no Americans at the airport. |
You don't have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water. |