Economics Doesn’t Matter II
After I wrote this post I remembered something else I should have linked. Max Sawicky:
When an economist agrees with your dismissal of economic issues, you’re probably right. Likewise, I’d vote for an antiwar socialist before I’d vote for a pro-war libertarian.The unfortunate problem for Hillary, who has the nomination in ‘08 so locked up it isn’t funny, is that there is no middle ground. If she extends her centrist performance to some kind of failure-is-not-an-option position, she follows in Hubert Humphrey’s footsteps and ensures the participation of a peace candidate. Democrats can only hope that her center leanings are aimed at insulating her from advocating withdrawal.
An independent peace candidacy that sinks Hillary might not be the worst outcome. Support for the war will consume politicians, with the result that control of Congress could shift. The more public rejection of pro-war advocacy, regardless of the source of that advocacy, the sooner the U.S. will get out, and the less likely it will get in somewhere else. At this point in time, that is the preeminent national priority.
I’d vote for an anti-war libertarian before I’d vote for a pro-war Democrat.