i’ll only reiterate my opinion that obama is a good man and probably the strongest black candidate the USA could field at this point – aside from colin powell – but that he’s possessed by ideas that would be dangerous to direct too much of our attention to at this particular point. i think an obama-mccain or a hilary-mccain contest will result in a mccain victory largely because i believe enough americans will see that the anti-war stance as adopted by the dems is (1) unpractical from any reasonable appreciation of our national interest, and (2) in any case disingenuous because they obviously are not going to be drawing down our troops or rearranging our alliances in any manner at all consistent with the anti-war party’s expectations. that’s it – president mccain here we come. personally i think obama’s definitely a lefty of an annoying 1980s type but i believe the normal patterns of government and social sentiment would bunt their worst affects. but, as giuliani said when asked whether we should address the Don’t Ask Don’t policy, “now is not the time for that.”
