Honest -- and Repulsive

Take a look at the headline to this story in the LA Times: "War May Hurt GOP in Heartland." Pretty standard Times fare -- perhaps the apocalypse is upon Republicans, perhaps the wish is father to the thought. We'll know in November.

It's the subhead that's remarkable: Democrats hope that souring public opinion will swing parts of the country their way.

Let's think about that. A public "souring" on the war is one more likely to insist that the US pull out -- and so far, I've heard few responsible arguments to contradict the fact that a pull-out would embolden Islamofascist terrorists, intimidate the brave Arab men and women trying to secure their own freedom, and constitute a black eye for America.

And yet the Democrats are "hoping" that public opinion on the war will "sour" -- not because it will lead to a policy that is likely to make the US safer and stronger as a whole but because it may help them regain political power.

The sub-headline is true. And the truth is repulsive.