(2004-09-14) Marshall Iraq Bush Misdirect

Josh Marshall on how George W Bush is Framing the War On Iraq as John Kerry's problem. Recently, President Bush has sought - with real success - to edge Iraq out of the campaign dialogue by putting the issue back on to Kerry, asking what he would do differently and how it would produce a better result. This puts Kerry in a bit of a bind because the politically-unspeakable answer here is that there are no good solutions anymore. A year ago, even six months ago, there were. Now, there really aren't. .. But the emphasis should be on the undeniable fact that though the way forward may be murky, the last person you want to lead the country down that foggy path is the guy who screwed everything up so badly in the first place.