A plan
Josh Marshall writing in the NYTimes this morning.
"The danger for President Bush is clear: the public's patience is not unlimited, and eventual failure in Iraq will almost certainly sink his candidacy. (Sometimes the conventional wisdom is actually right.)
"For John Kerry, the risks are less obvious but no less real: running a campaign that focuses the voters' gaze solely on the president's manifest failures will probably run into resistance, especially with the voters he most needs to win over, those from the ambivalent middle. Mr. Kerry is far more likely to win if he has a plan to show how he — and thus the American people — can succeed rather than simply showing how President Bush — and thus they — have failed."
On a side note, Marshall is described in the Times as "a contributing writer at The Washington Monthly and a columnist for The Hill, a newspaper about Congress." Blogs get no respect in the pages of the Gray Lady.
More on those poll numbers.
Speaking of plans, according to John McCain, the current administration has none.
And then, of course, there's that little problem called the definition of sovereignty.
"The Bush administration's plans for a new caretaker government in Iraq would place severe limits on its sovereignty, including only partial command over its armed forces and no authority to enact new laws, administration officials said Thursday."
"The danger for President Bush is clear: the public's patience is not unlimited, and eventual failure in Iraq will almost certainly sink his candidacy. (Sometimes the conventional wisdom is actually right.)
"For John Kerry, the risks are less obvious but no less real: running a campaign that focuses the voters' gaze solely on the president's manifest failures will probably run into resistance, especially with the voters he most needs to win over, those from the ambivalent middle. Mr. Kerry is far more likely to win if he has a plan to show how he — and thus the American people — can succeed rather than simply showing how President Bush — and thus they — have failed."
On a side note, Marshall is described in the Times as "a contributing writer at The Washington Monthly and a columnist for The Hill, a newspaper about Congress." Blogs get no respect in the pages of the Gray Lady.
More on those poll numbers.
Speaking of plans, according to John McCain, the current administration has none.
And then, of course, there's that little problem called the definition of sovereignty.
"The Bush administration's plans for a new caretaker government in Iraq would place severe limits on its sovereignty, including only partial command over its armed forces and no authority to enact new laws, administration officials said Thursday."
posted by John at 4:28 PM
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