I would agree with Andrew Sullivan that:
“America’s current moment requires something other than more polarization and fearful pragmatism.”
However, I am not as sure that Obama is the person who can deliver. Yes, America needs hope but it also needs someone who has experience dealing with the dog-eat-dog world that US politics has become. A change in Commander in Chief is not going to miraculously overhaul the system at large.
I am thoroughly a fan of Andrew Sullivan and read him daily, but this Ron Paul comment:
“The Ron Paul Campaign is quite something isn’t it? Almost an open-source campaign. Just like the Nazis.”
is pretty much a cheap shot. I realize that Andrew hates Hillary and hopes to find a Republican candidate worthy of his support (in the meantime he is all a twitter over Obama), but this isn’t a critique. It is an outright baseless slam.
Tony Blankley makes the point that victory is at hand in Iraq. I certainly agree that things have gotten better but I don’t think that anyone will know if victory in Iraq has been achieved until the US withdraws.
It is one thing to see improvement with a large, armed and active military presence and quite another to see if the society holds once that presence is removed. Whether for or against the Iraq war, I don’t think that victory nor defeat can be determined while the US remains in country.
