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Napolitano on Iraq

Chris Bowers could convince me that Janet Napolitano is unacceptably hawkish on Iraq to be a VP nominee I could support, but I don’t think linking to a fourteen month-old statement that “In my view, we got into this war without thinking through everything we should have, we should not get out of this war without thinking everything through” really fits the bill.

Yes, that’s a lame wanky sentiment that I didn’t agree with fourteen months ago, but it was fourteen months ago. I wouldn’t want a vice president who would oppose withdrawal or who had some kind of record of chest-thumping rhetoric he or she couldn’t walk away from, but that’s not what this is. Chris also deems her insufficiently progressive on immigration, but she was a supporter of the comprehensive reform bill so I don’t really see what the beef is here.

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