Maybe America will never fight the war on terror with both hands until the Democrats buy in? And how is that possible without a Dem in ‘08? I’m not arguing for it, but I am raising the question, here .

Update: This reader captures the dilemma:

Only Nixon could go to China, only Clinton could bomb Serbia, and only a democrat can fight this war the way it needs to be fought without the press sabotaging the war effort.
However, the hurdle is we risk the democrat driver (to use your driver analogy) taking us off the cliff. A very real possibility unless a Liebermann type democrat gets elected. Otherwise the response to the next 9/11 will be with subpoenas and diplomats.