Sorry I’ve been out of pocket for a while. Here are some things I’ve been reading:

Jonathan Chait on Rudy Giuliani’s questionable foreign-policy credentials ; Jacob Weisberg on Giuliani’s management failures ; Will Saletan on Hillary Clinton’s stubbornness ; John Dickerson on Obama’s first mistake.

These articles are all by smart liberals, and I agree with most of what they have to say. Here’s something from a smart conservative, Tod Lindberg:

This opposition is fully vested in its position. If Baghdad remains insecure, it’s time to bring the troops home, and if Baghdad becomes more secure, it’s time to bring the troops home. That’s because it’s time to bring the troops home. National security policy is no longer the property of the specialists in the subject in the Democratic Party; it belongs to the grassroots. The exquisitely pained position of Hillary Clinton, who made herself into one of those national security specialists, is illustrative of the current moment.