Fineman: 2004 will be referendum on War, Clark definitely running

[ShaneGR]

http://msnbc.com/news/955004.asp?0cv=CB20

(snips)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 — Mark the day: The blast that rocked the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad was more than a massacre of innocents. It also was a tipping point in American politics.

For the White House, this is a case of “be careful what you wish for.” As was made clear on the deck of the Abe Lincoln, they want to run Bush for re-election as the Man in the Flight Suit. But now it’s not clear whether that garment was a coronation robe or a straitjacket.The events in Baghdad (and Jerusalem) make it clear that the news from Iraq is likely to remain unsettling for the foreseeable future. Voters have been growing more dubious about the war in Iraq; that process is likely to be accelerated by pictures of carnage on cable news and the front pages. True, Richard Nixon won re-election in the midst of the unpopular Vietnam War in 1972. But Nixon touted his “secret peace plan.” Bush isn’t going to be able to offer the hope of peace any time soon. Terrorism doesn’t work that way.


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Another sure thing: Wes Clark is in. The retired general and Rhodes Scholar increasingly looks like a seer for his pre-war comments. Go back and read what he had to say in the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq. (Any of the Clark for President grassroots Web sites will do.) Clark, who was leaning toward running in any case, almost certainly can’t now resist the chance to say “I told you so.” And, more than any other possible Democratic candidate (with the exception of John Kerry), Clark could brush off the soft-on-defense rhetoric that GOP oppo experts are preparing to throw at the Democratic Party.

[Spazito]

1. Geez, Fineman sure has a "thing' about the UN!

I wish he would volunteer to go and distribute food, water etc to the Iraqis then if he doesn't see the UN as doing any good!

I do agree with him re Clark tho, I am pretty sure he is gonna declare, sure wish he would do it real soon!

[stopbush]

2. Once a whore, always a whore

Fineman is still one of the biggest whores out there.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Or

even a blind squirrel finds an occasional nut

[lanlady]

4. Clark has been vindicated alright

He kept saying that Iraq would become a huge al Qaeda recruiting center. General Zinni was saying the same thing, but I gather Rummie had him sacked.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Annoyt The Right Wing

Clark-Zinni In 04