National Review: "If tough, non-effete guys like Murtha are willing to go

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... this far, and can make the case in ways that Red America can relate to … then the president is in big trouble. I’m sure there’s going to be an anti-Murtha pile-on in the conservative blogosphere, but from where I sit, conservatives would be fools not to take this man seriously.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/17/national-reviews-rod-dreher-on-murtha/#comments

Rob Dreher's comment, quoted above, says it all.

And, Rep Murtha severely undercuts exactly what Josh Marshall was noting is the attempt by the White House to have something the few remaining members of their chorus can chant:

There's one point that's important to remember about the White House's pushback to cover up its collective dishonesty about Iraq. We've noted before that in scandals or political nominations the decisive issue is not the number of opponents, the intensity of their opposition or even the quality of their arguments. The decisive issue is most often whether the scandalee or the nominee has some committed base of support, even if it only amounts to a distinct minority.

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I don't say this as a counsel of pessimism or futility. It's just important to understand, to know what they're trying to achieve. The good news is that most Americans have already figured this out. Clear majorities of the public now believe this president misled them about Iraq. And they'll certainly grow. The key is to press these on the specifics, why they said these things they knew weren't true.

Link:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007046.php

Peace.