Posted by
RightTeacher on Monday, February 18, 2008 2:39:52 PM
In 2006, the net roots were able to defeat Lieberman for the Democratic nomination for senator by running someone whose entire platform was being against the war. Lieberman decided to run as an independent. Getting a majority of the democrats to elect someone who is anti-war is not that hard. Getting the general electorate to then vote for that person is a different story. The problems with the democrats is that being in control of MoveOn and their ilk, they have been moving left, even though the country as a whole has not been moving left.
By nominating Obama (as they seem intent on doing), they again seem to be moving left, lining up behind their more liberal candidate. They are nominating a senator with an unambiguous anti-war record. We can only hope that McCain is able to make the case for the war and that the nation as a whole sees the danger of electing Obama.
Of course, should Obama win, our hoping shifts to hoping that, faced with the reality of the Global War on Jihadism, that Obama faces an Epiphany and realizes that the safety of the country depends on him breaking his election promises.