Comments on: Time of the Season http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/2007/04/time-of-the-season/ Politics from a progressive Christian perspective Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:07:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick Weiss http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/2007/04/time-of-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Rick Weiss Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:29:17 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/?p=35#comment-335 Well, I think the American military in Iraq needs to go to Afaganistan, By trveling through Iran :) Well, I think the American military in Iraq needs to go to Afaganistan, By trveling through Iran :)

]]> By: Jeff Beamsley http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/2007/04/time-of-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Jeff Beamsley Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:51:43 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/?p=35#comment-334 Mike, Thanks for your thoughts. If your analysis is correct, the opportunity may exist in the other shoe of the Iraq timetable. That is, redeployment to Afghanistan rather than retreat. The Taliban have regrouped and the troops in Afghanistan appear to be struggling to deal with it. With regard to the "permanent Republic majority", I think that unless there is a dramatic turn of events in Iraq, it is toast. The larger realignment in American Politics is already underway. The beginning of that shift was signaled by the erosion of James Dobson's power to manipulate the religious right through his narrow political agenda. Democracy is a wonderful thing to behold. Jeff Mike,

Thanks for your thoughts.

If your analysis is correct, the opportunity may exist in the other shoe of the Iraq timetable. That is, redeployment to Afghanistan rather than retreat. The Taliban have regrouped and the troops in Afghanistan appear to be struggling to deal with it.

With regard to the “permanent Republic majority”, I think that unless there is a dramatic turn of events in Iraq, it is toast. The larger realignment in American Politics is already underway. The beginning of that shift was signaled by the erosion of James Dobson’s power to manipulate the religious right through his narrow political agenda.

Democracy is a wonderful thing to behold.

Jeff

]]> By: Mike Ingels http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/2007/04/time-of-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Mike Ingels Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:56:59 +0000 http://www.blogsmonroe.com/christianpolitics/?p=35#comment-332 I agree with this analysis. And my hope is that Clinton will swing left enough to win the nomination and then start slamming the Republicans for the FACT that they are weak on defense. If 911 and Iraq were truly important enough to go to war for, then the Republicans should have spent the money and fielded the troops/equipment necessary to actually fight the war. They have been weak. And I think that this leaves the "permanent Republican majority" vulnerable. The conservative majority was built on abortion, national defense and tax cuts. The Democrats have an opportunity to steal national defense if they play this right. The War in Iraq might just be a blip on the screen in a larger realignment of American politics. I agree with this analysis. And my hope is that Clinton will swing left enough to win the nomination and then start slamming the Republicans for the FACT that they are weak on defense.

If 911 and Iraq were truly important enough to go to war for, then the Republicans should have spent the money and fielded the troops/equipment necessary to actually fight the war. They have been weak.

And I think that this leaves the “permanent Republican majority” vulnerable. The conservative majority was built on abortion, national defense and tax cuts. The Democrats have an opportunity to steal national defense if they play this right.

The War in Iraq might just be a blip on the screen in a larger realignment of American politics.

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