Other Than That

clipped from campaignspot.nationalreview.com Speaking of opposing military action, I note that Obama said at Saddleback that opposing the war was the most gut-wrenching decision he's ever had to make, partially "because there were political consequences." Obama was a liberal Democratic state senator running in a Democratic primary against other liberal Democrats, when the base of the Democratic party staunchly and passionately opposed invading Iraq. MoveOn.org and every major liberal grassroots group was organizing and mobilizing opponents of the war. No Democrat suffered any serious political consequence for opposing the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and that well-executed war ended up being of no serious benefit to President George H. W. Bush. But other than that, I'm sure the political consequences were huge.