Unsurprisingly, Democrats are relieved that the expected “red wave” of Republican victories didn’t materialize. But there’s no dodging the hard cold truth that they have lost control of the House of Representatives. Biden’s presidency is effectively over.
In an aggressive move that recalled the Bush campaign in its Florida 2000 judicial coup d’etat, Hillary Clinton declared victory in the incredibly tight Iowa Caucus a full day before the state officially announced the results and before any TV network issued a projection.
President Obama meets with his advisers to determine the mission in Afghanistan–eight years after the war began.
As Obama revs up his Afghan surge, let us all take a moment to salute the true heroes who have been fighting the war since 2001.
Eventually, the economist said, we’ll all be dead. In Iraq, sooner rather than later.
