Maybe we have a mandate, maybe we do not. What was clear though was that Americans are sick of the course in Iraq, I among them. However I did not vote for a timed withdrawl of the troops. I voted for a change and what is best for the peace and stability of the world. Getting out of Iraq without bringing peace and stability to the people is not the solution. Nor was staying the course. We need more troops for the short term. Secure the peace, then leave. Nobody is talking about what is best for the people. We do not need to have another Vietnam. If that is the case, the Democrats will wasted a well earned victory and will be returned to the minority in a hurry in 08.

Posted at November 13, 2006 2:52 PM in response to Big Lie: The Dems Didn't Win, The GOP Lost

All I can think of when I read this is how it sounds like Liebermann has been given a litmus test by the far left, much the same way the far right gives candidates a litmus test on certain wedge issues. I have never been a big fan of Joe, and I am a moderate / independent minded person. However Joe has always been a Democrat first and formost and Democrats fueled by the extreme end of leftist bloggers ate their own back in the primary over a litmus test. Our party should be better and must be better on this going forward. If we want to be the party that wins the White House in 08, then we must be open to many different points of views and ideas and no longer put extreme left wing litmus tests on candidates. Watch what happens in Ohio and PA on Election day. Centrist ideas and kitchen table issues will rule the day.

Posted at November 6, 2006 4:15 AM in response to How Journalists Lost the Connecticut Senate Race

I think if Gore announces he sucks the life out of Hillary and Obama is the running mate.

Posted at November 2, 2006 12:55 PM in response to Who are the Obamans?

I agree - it should be the call. The Blogs can stir it up and it will bubble up!

Apologize Mr. President!

Posted at November 2, 2006 5:48 AM in response to Where's the Outrage?

I do not recall Cheney being on the bow of Kerry's swift boat during Vietnam. Democrats folded on this today cancelling Kerry all over. They should have stood and fought toe to toe. Kerry should not have been made to apologize. Bush is a dullard plain and simple. Democrats need to get that backbone put back in that Bubba gave them when he confronted Chris Wallace.

Posted at November 1, 2006 3:00 PM in response to Where's the Outrage?