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If they want to win in 2008, the Democrats had better stay at least two steps ahead of the Republicans when it comes to opposing th war in Iraq. Otherwise, Hagel could be setting himself up to be the "Dean" of his party, slowly pulling more and more republican contenders towards outspoken opposition to the war.
I do, however, have little doubt that the republicans will only continue to "talk" a good game when it comes to Iraq. There's still too much of an authoritarian streak in the party to give their opposition to Bush any credibility. Unfortunately, this lip service may be enough to CONvince a decent block of voters that the Repubs are the only ones who can clean up their own back yard.
The Dems need to start taking some big steps, even at the risk of loosing a few legislative battles, just to show that they will continue to be the party of positive ACTION, not more useless words.
