but kudos to the WaPo

Another way of looking at McCain’s performance: In 2000 he lost with 41%, while in 2008 he won with 33%. Overall, South Carolinians moved against him. I’d congratulate them on their wisdom… except they made a Huckster #2.

“We held the President’s feet to the fire until he followed our advise and appointed General Betrayus that new general guy and increased our troops in Iraq. If we had not insisted on fighting this war right, Iraq would be mired in a Civil War.”

Starting immediately, Reid has the following comment:

“We had lost in Iraq until the Democrat Congress found a general who would carry out our plan to break up the Civil War in Iraq by making a daring frontal attack against the militants. We have said from the beginning that only diplomacy will work in Iraq. Our plan of the military surge is leading to the day when we can use diplomacy to handle Iraq. It is always necessary for a people to understand the military might behind our words. Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have backed our plan all of the way and that has helped the president to remain cooperative with us.”

Starting immediately, John F. Kerry has the following comment:

“I voted for winning the war in Iraq before I voted against losing the war in Iraq. Now the President is following my advice and things in Iraq finally are going the way I laid out in my detailed plan at the Aspen Conference in February on 2003. The surge, which I outlined at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 has made all the difference and I am proud to be the humble father of this key piece of military strategy. Military schools will be studying the Kerry Surge for centuries to come.”

Starting immediately, Hillary Clinton has the following comment:

“It is inescapable that experience is key to winning in Iraq. No one has more experience at the controls than I do. President Bush still has fewer years in the Whitehouse than I have. From the very beginning, I have been pushing for change in how we win in Iraq. Without my carefully crafted military campaign which is based on change, Iraq would be a shattered country with hundreds of tribal factions and our troops would have suffered near annihilation causing mothers, wives and children in the United State endless pain. It was my experience and inner understanding that change is the catalyst for overcoming failure that has helped to turn Iraq into the success story it is becoming. It is now imperative that America keep this experience at the helm of the ship of state. As I have promised, my experience and philosophy of change will allow us to bring the troops home.”