..."slow down the compromise..." is a loser. Simple as that.



The "double reverse", or whatever Machiavellian title you care to give it, is too clever by half.

It's the sort of thing the classic ivory tower denizen would come up with. Bears an amazing resemblance to the essence of playing politics with people's lives. Which by the way is not exactly a great idea now.

It also has no bearing on the real world.

And it's time for Mudcatters to start living in that real world.   The President does. So should we.

As he says, however, it's a long game, not a short game.   And there are lots of issues to come.


As I said earlier, the Afghan war is where you will see the change--this summer.   And if Obama is as smart as I think, he will couch it in terms of the deficit.