Reply #20: You know, I often lean that way too. Hey, this is just a post (one of thousands today). [View All]

[Brotherjohn]

Earlier, after posting on one thread a few times debating who's anti-war and who's not, are they any different, etc. etc... I just started to feel that Obama can make the anti-war case more, and that making that case is what's going to win the election.

I also have this nagging fear we all have that we were here before, in 2004: "There's no WAY Bush can win." I sometimes feel "There's no WAY ANY Republican can win in 2008!", but then again...

You're probably right, that either Dem can and will beat McCain. Hillary IS tough and road-tested, and as someone pointed out above, it'll be messy either way; and she can claim "I'm just as tough as you McCain!" (plus her party didn't trash the economy, the Constitution, etc., etc.) And I think Obama being a relatively new face helps him, as he also represents a change from the mass destruction of the last 8 years, as really, any Dem does.

But a big part of me today is thinking we need the strongest anti-war voice possible.

EVEN IF a large part of that is perception. Perception counts for a lot in politics.