For a long time, more or less two thirds of the American people indicated they believe the country is on the wrong course and needs to change direction. Nearly every poll has highlighted change as the electorate's principle concern.

For a long time, more or less two thirds of the American people indicated they believe the country is on the wrong course and needs to change direction. Nearly every poll has highlighted change as the electorate's principle concern.

David Ignatius is more or less considered be centrist, establishment sort, not associated with partisan extremes has this in a Washington Post OpEd: The Fading Jihadists.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/27/AR200802...

I have proposed [on opendemocracy.net] that to take ‘the surge is working’ at the ‘rose colored glasses, ‘count your chicken’s before they’re hatched’ face value huckstered to us by the administration, its right wing coterie and John McCain(!) was all too likely to be naïve, and dangerously so.

This has been called a ‘Change’ election.

One problem with calling for change is crystallized in Hillary’s sarcastic moment:

www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/24/hillary-clinton-mocks-bar_n_88194.html - 147k -

Any reply to this should encompass:

Change, and especially great change, is difficult because it will almost certainly be opposed, and vigorously opposed.

I have written often about my perplexity concerning this administration and its courses. The most recent attempt , ‘Bush Who’, was mostly concerned with the President himself. It does not satisfy on the larger question of nearly inexplicable courses pursued by a whole administration.

Bush Who

George W Bush is a mystery to me, and, it would appear, to many others as well.

Twice on Iraq Barack Obama has summed up things with a simple precise phrase.

Before the war he said he was not opposed all wars, he was opposed to dumb wars. It drew our attention to the core of the matter. What made this war, at this time, in this way THE way to proceed after 9/11, and against Islamic Radicalism.

The wisdom to act is not wisdom in the actions chosen.