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...Republicans were able to solidify their national platform in 2004 around “eight words”— “war in Iraq, cut taxes, no gay marriage”—the Democrats didn’t lay out a clear and purposeful agenda. He wrote his book to foster discussion and debate among the Democratic Party and better prepare it for the 2008 presidential election. “Seventy-five percent of this [2006] election was a referendum on George Bush,” he said. “In 2008, we won?...
Still, while the affair has its concealed agendas--Iraq and a loathing of Blair's support for George W. Bush, a President Britons rate as substantially more dangerous to world peace than Kim Jong Il--the Prime Minister is the author of his predicament. His troubles have their roots in the days when his party reveled in a deep-seated hostility to the running dogs of capitalism. "In 1983 we still had a manifesto committed to nationalizing key parts of industry, promoting an agenda that was set against every interest of British business," says Ed Owen, a former government adviser...
...Daou and Hynes have bounced back, but Marcotte may not be so lucky. If Edwards has got cold feet, Marcotte could be out of a job. Even if she survives, though, her supporters have made it clear that they have their own agenda. When she announced that she was moving to the Edwards campaign, hundreds of supporters wrote in to Pandagon to congratulate her. Buried in the pile of warm wishes, however, was a warning of sorts: "Congratulations," wrote a user named MAJeff, "and best of luck. Well, best of luck until we've decided you and your candidate...
...past few weeks, the Democrats have gone wild. The mushy domestic agenda is quickly disappearing beneath a tide of antiwar agitation in Congress. Joe Biden is leading the way, seeking to have as one of the first acts of the new Democratic Senate a nonbinding resolution condemning a troop increase in Iraq. Others want action, not just words. On the presidential side of the party, Hillary Clinton has gone at breakneck speed from being a mild critic of the war to calling for a legislated troop cap and threatening to cut off funds for the Iraqi army. Obama and John...
Rice's new restraint reflects a broader reworking of the democracy agenda that dominated U.S. foreign policy after 9/11. Two factors have contributed to that change. The first is the reality that free elections in places like Lebanon and the Palestinian territories have handed power to fundamentalist groups like Hizballah and Hamas that have little interest in pluralistic, secular governance. Whatever the ultimate benefits of implanting democracy in the Middle East, in the short run it's more likely to damage U.S. interests than serve them...