NRO Editor Kathryn Jean Lopez isn't having any more of this "Hilarity! in '08" hysteria. She's picking Feingold to win, and not even asking for points. Her Townhall.com column lays out the case:
Move over, Hillary: Russ Feingold is going to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2008.
For far too long the assumption has been that the former first lady would be the Dems' obvious pick. The storyline had dynastic flair, plus the sexy-milestone first-woman-president aspect. It had the wronged-woman-coming-out-on-top Style-section and glossy-headline opportunities. The idea launched many a Clinton-hater (hey, nothing wrong with that, I'm a card-carrier) book. It was scary while it lasted. But the moment's gone.He's positioned himself as the antiwar alternative. He's got the advantage of being able to say to anyone disillusioned about Iraq that he was (in his mind) right all along -- unlike Johnny-come-latelies like former Democratic vice president nominee John Edwards, who recently apologized for his 2002 Senate vote for the Iraq invasion. And with the recent defeat of Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic primary, it's Feingold's hour. It's his party and he can run if he wants to.
Read it all at the link above.
Lopez makes a strong case - which is not surprising: she's a smart and savvy political observer. What IS shocking is that she can string this many words together without trying to sell something! >rimshot< . . . Tip o' the cap to Powerline for pointing to the column.
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