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Thursday, December 28, 2006
 
McCain Doctrine

I noted one aspect of John Edwards' announcement of his candidacy for the presidency in 2008 that I thought was skillful and something that I'm sure we haven't seen the last of during this campaign, if the Democrats are smart.

When discussing the Iraq war, Edwards said this:

"We need to reject this McCain doctrine of surging troops and escalating the war
in Iraq," he said. "We need to make clear we're going to leave and we need to
start leaving Iraq."


I've thought for some time that McCain was doing a dangerous dance with his support for the war and President Bush on this issue. It certainly helps him with the Republican base, but it could be deadly with independents in the general election (a bloc that is critical to his appeal as a candidate) if Democrats stick to rhetoric like Edwards' comments.

- posted by Joshua @ 7:17 PM
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