There they were, rolling along with the full support of groups like Code Pink (with the possible exception of Hillary), and the Iraq War was the thing to swing the White House back to democrats’ control in 2008. It was the hot-button issue that would make for many a great stump speech. Then something terrible happened…
The Surge proved to be a success and just as if Bush rocked back over the garden hose, the flow of negativity from that region ceased. True to form, the better things got in Iraq, the worse they got for Democratic candidates, and it’s beginning to show:
“We haven’t heard as much bad news out of Iraq lately,” said Kevin Carson of Exeter, N.H. “Maybe it’s the economy that’s scaring people now.”
Not to fear, there is always the old standard, “It’s the economy, stupid”. So now we’re going to witness the rest of the Democratic field shift into John Edwards’ “two Americas” gear. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Oops, wait just one cotton-pickin’ minute…that may not work so well, either. According to Larry Kudlow, Goldilocks is going to ruin that parade, as well.
“Against all odds, and despite the usual drumbeat of criticism, President Bush had a very good year.
The troop surge in Iraq is succeeding. America remains safe from terrorist attacks. And the Goldilocks economy is outperforming all expectations.”
Aside from Hillary’s claim that if she’s elected, “oil prices will instantly drop“, there seems to be less and less they can do to succeed in their quest for the White House. Perhaps they can fall back on the ridiculous claim that Republican presidents read children’s books upside-down while chaos rains down around them.
Yeah, that might do it.
-Woody
