A Huffington: "Dems' Template for Success: Follow John Murtha... and

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... George Washington

Ever since the run-up to 2004, I've been urging Democrats to stop thinking they can win by running on domestic issues, and to go after the Republicans on their supposed strength -- foreign policy and national security. It's not the economy, stupid. It's the war in Iraq and the fact that our wartime president's perverted security priorities have, in truth, left us all far less secure.

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... the Democrats need to make 2006 a referendum on the war. Their message needs to be bold and unambiguous. And unified. Fortunately, they already have a template for success: follow Jack Murtha. He should be their clear leader on Iraq.

Not only is Murtha unassailable (see how fast the GOP's attempted Swift Boating of him ran aground), according to a source close to the Pentagon: "He is speaking in coordination with military commanders on the ground, the same people he has spent his entire political career looking out for. This was their way of sending a message to the White House that this war is killing them -- that they've done what they can do but can't keep doing it because it's hurting the armed forces."

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So, once and for all, Democrats need to fight the battle between the DLC hawks who lack the imagination to see that you can simultaneously be strong on national security and against the war in Iraq and those George Washington Democrats who take to heart the Father of Our Country's admonition about avoiding foreign entanglements.

Follow Jack Murtha.

Link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/dems-template-for-succes_b_11597.html

Ms. Huffington offers additional advice about those whom should NOT be followed.


Peace.