Reply #4: This heralds a political sea change to the Era of the Veterans.

[Pithy Cherub]

Because of the focus of The Debacle of the Iraq war, the need for national security and a strong presence in national security, Veterans are in Vogue. Especially for strong Democrats. Because there are so many veterans that speak with the voice of reason, leadership and experience going into Democratic politics, this will herald a new era for the Party of the People.

This war is called a terrible mistake by many of those running as Democrats. They are unafraid and standing tall as they say the words aloud and in public. Other candidates will have a difficult time trying to say that more inexperienced candidates or Iraq war apologists should be in charge of national security after the 2006 campaign. They also know how congressional stupidity has led to the vetrans experiencing terrible healthcare, corporate manipulation to reward the few, and domestic policies that hurt the environment and the regular folks, because they are regular folks! Love those candidate Dem Veterans, value their experience and looking forward to them being the Voices that need to be heard.

That there many more Vets running as Democrats will not be lost on the voting public. The days of questioning their patriotism is over and Murtha helped make it backfire. Those without experience in military, FP or national security are going to find the next 4 years tough sledding against these "Fighting Dems"!