Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle is considering a run for president in 2008.
“I haven’t ruled anything out or anything in at this point,” Daschle said in an interview Saturday night after a hometown dinner in his honor.
“I’m encouraged by the strong support many people have voiced for my candidacy around the country and in South Dakota. I’ll make a decision at some point later on this year,” he said.
Daschle said President Bush and Republicans have overemphasized the importance of the war on terror, and he said the U.S. is no safer now than it was before the Iraq invasion.
And that exactly why the Democrats won’t win back power. By claiming that Republicans overemphasize the importance of the war on terror, they admit their lack of belief in the need to remain on war-footing status to preempt a future terrorist attack. They discount the continued threat against this country. But I suppose that is easy to do if you are among those that believe American brought the September 11th attacks upon ourselves. This mindset is truly baffling to me. It’s a belief that says we should stop being a super power and transfer our national security needs to the United Nations. That somehow if we were just a nicer country, if we we just a bit more tolerant, if we simply understood the terrorists needs we’d be soooo much better off. I just can’t imagine that a majority of sensible Americans believe this psycho-babble.
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