Democrats Turned War Into an Ally
It is somewhat ironic that Rahm Emmanuel is being recognized as the rocket-scientist who figured out how to parlay Iraq war fatigue and resistence into a new Democratic Congressional majority. In reality, Emmanuel resisted talking about Iraq for the longest time, instead focusing on domestic politics. It was Howard Dean who talked early and often about what a disaster the war was. And, truth be told, he had to fight Emmanuel every inch of the way to keep that train of thought and deed going.
I'm just saying.
It's not ironic, it's classic, self-serving, revisionist history. And a bit of Deanial as well. A real roots-driven Democratic Party scares the crap out of a lot of people and not all of them are Republicans.
Kos speaks: