UPDATE: Okay, several readers think I should stress the poll data that accompany the piece. So I’m linking them to the right.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Related thoughts from Neptunus Lex.
MORE: The Oxford Union precedent.
STILL MORE: Further thoughts from Capt. Ed and Blue Crab Boulevard. Plus this comment at Blue Crab: “In Oct, Nov and Dec all we heard about was the Culture of Corruption, exemplified by Mark Foley. The pundits were incredibly busy telling us that this election was not a referendum on the war. Yet as soon as it became apparent that the Democrats had no intention of ethics reform the media drumbeat shifted. Suddenly this was an election that acted as a mandate on the war. Why?”
MORE STILL: James Miller says the war resolution is equivalent to short-selling: “When you short sell a stock you make money when the price of the stock goes down. The Democrats seem to be short selling the U.S. military in Iraq. . . . We don’t allow members of corporate boards to short sell the stock of their own company because it creates too many conflicts of interest. It’s unfortunate that the only real way the Democrats can oppose Bush’s Iraq policy is for them to politically short sell the U.S. military in Iraq.”