USSR

Here’s a really smart Manu Raju piece on how Republicans, who were completely on message mere weeks ago with anti-Nancy Pelosi and anti-Gitmo closing campaigns, are flummoxed by the Iran revolt. Sen. John Thune (R-Nev.) backs the president’s careful approach, and no Senate Republican is as agitated as Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.):
I’m just thinking of [...]

I dunno, Weigel. You say it’s “hard to argue” with the contention that “Facing a leftist American administration is nothing in comparison, for instance, to facing the Soviet Empire.” What that overlooks is that this “leftist American administration” possesses nuclear weapons. Think of the message that sends!

From my friend Quin Hillyer, in a piece about what today’s conservative vanguard can learn from Jack Kemp.
Facing a leftist American administration is nothing in comparison, for instance, to facing the Soviet Empire.
It’s hard to argue with this.