Should Democrats Talk About Invading Iran?
My fear--and I hope I'm wrong--is that a Hillary or Obama presidency may feel the need to respond to Iran's shenanigans with disproportionate force, just to show they are not soft.
My fear--and I hope I'm wrong--is that a Hillary or Obama presidency may feel the need to respond to Iran's shenanigans with disproportionate force, just to show they are not soft.
Ben Cohen | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Attacking Obama while pulling the entire Democratic Party down with her is one thing, but threatening to commit nuclear holocaust on another country is another matter all together.
Washington Post | Gen Kessler | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has ratcheted up her rhetoric against Iran, pledging recently to extend U.S. nuclear protection to friendly Arab ...
Omid Memarian | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
If the media were not distracted by Rev. Wright's controversial remarks, this comment would cause a huge backlash against Clinton.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
This morning, the Boston Globe launched the most aggressive editorial broadside yet against statements made by Hillary Clinton last week on Good Morni...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton offered Newsweek an off-putting joke that has the New Zealand press in a tizzy: You have any good jokes? Here's a good one. Helen C...
Tom Hayden | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
Obama's basic problem is that he relies on stylistic differences rather than substantive ones -- he believes he cannot attack Clinton on policy grounds and still maintain his centrist orientation.
Bob Ostertag | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
Hillary's comment lobbed a time bomb into the Middle East tinderbox. It will have an impact on the view of America globally, and even possibly on the course of world events.
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
Shouldn't the potential leader of a nation that used nuclear bombs to obliterate hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese employ extreme caution before making such a threat?
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
It's not enough John McCain wants to continue George W. Bush's policies, now Hillary does, too. Specifically, the policy of threatening other countries with destruction if they look at us wrong.
ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
For the last six weeks Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., have battled and bickered and both have unleashed a barrage of negativ...
Robert Naiman | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics
Soon Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are expected to testify before Congress about Iraq. This is the prelude to what may be the last major battle...
Omid Memarian | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
It doesn't matter it is 3 a.m. or 5 p.m., what matters is the right judgment at the right time.
Political Wire | Taegan Goddard | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
The last Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll before today's caucuses shows Sen. Barack Obama and John Edwards gaining ground overnight with Sen. Hillar...
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
Edwards can rally the American people against rich and powerful corporate interests and use the bully pulpit to force Congress to vote in the general interest and not for the special interests.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics
To nominate Clinton is to is play Russian roulette with the presidency and to risk losing key House and Senate races in red and purple states. Obama's candidacy is a bit more unpredictable.
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
A new assessment by the nation's intelligence community that says Iran halted its covert nuclear weapons program in 2003 provided fresh ammunition Tue...
Robert Naiman | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics
Why is Hillary repeating unsubstantiated allegations about Iran, when even the Bush administration has moved away from them?
John Neffinger | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics
We are Democrats, we stand on principle for the right and the good. But if three-quarters of voters fail to understand where we are coming from, whose fault is that exactly?
Ari Melber | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics
Putting the brakes on Bush would be good for foreign policy, of course, but Obama's Iran resolution is a dicey legislative strategy.
John Bruhns | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics
All that I hear from the Republicans are comparisons between their positions and the positions of Hillary. Excuse me, they also agree to carry on Bush's war in Iraq.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics
When it comes to foreign affairs, Hillary has been showing every indication that she will pursue policies that are, for the most part, very similar to the failing policies of the Bush administration.
Sen. Mike Gravel | Posted 10.22.2007 | Media
By stifling my voice on the basis of fundraising dollars, NBC is reinforcing the power of money over our national political discussion and our freedom.
The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 10.20.2007 | Politics
In an unusual campaign mailing sent to voters in Iowa, Sen. Hillary Clinton defends her vote in favor of the so-called "Lieberman-Kyl" resolution on I...
Sen. Mike Gravel | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics
It's not enough for my fellow candidates just to challenge Bush and Hillary out on the stump. They must join me in challenging her directly.
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Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics