A group hug

Ross Kaminsky writes about the Rudy Guiliani controversy:

...If Barack Obama wants to turn America into an insolvent social-welfare state like so much of Western Europe, does it really matter if it’s because he loves America or because he hates it? If the president wants to put America in the weakest international and military position it has been in for generations, who cares if it is because he hears the voice of Frank Marshall Davis or because he believes that our enemies will be pacified by a group hug? Hey, maybe they love America too!

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The usual suspects

Politico has stories today about McCain and Guiliani defending Christie, McCain saying Gates should have waited, Karl Rove saying Gates did wait, and Hillary saying the clock is turning back for women in the United States. Of course, that last one is true only if the country elects Hillary president.