Comments on: Trust Ye Not… http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/14/trust-ye-not/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trust-ye-not n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nyx http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/14/trust-ye-not/comment-page-1/#comment-10009 nyx Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:19:06 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/04/14/trust-ye-not/#comment-10009 Jim Webb is only a first term senator whose major support is in the very liberal Northern Virginia. Give him time. I don't think he would vote conservative but he would be more heterodox than most. My understanding was that he was a relatively moderate democrat with strong conservative instincts which mght play a bigger role as he becomes more powerful and influential. Who knows. Perhaps this is foolish on my part but I would expect him to turn rightward if he serves more than one term. He would be a perfect fit for Obama. So would Mark Warner if he did not run for the Virginia Senate this year. Jim Webb is only a first term senator whose major support is in the very liberal Northern Virginia. Give him time. I don’t think he would vote conservative but he would be more heterodox than most. My understanding was that he was a relatively moderate democrat with strong conservative instincts which mght play a bigger role as he becomes more powerful and influential. Who knows. Perhaps this is foolish on my part but I would expect him to turn rightward if he serves more than one term.
He would be a perfect fit for Obama. So would Mark Warner if he did not run for the Virginia Senate this year.

]]> By: M.Z. Forrest http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/04/14/trust-ye-not/comment-page-1/#comment-10003 M.Z. Forrest Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:59:40 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/04/14/trust-ye-not/#comment-10003 <i>Wouldn’t the inclusion of Webb on the ticket be perceived as a rather obvious attempt to offset Obama’s lack of personal military experience by playing the same doomed game of recruiting a veteran to counter the GOP candidate’s national security positions?</i> Given the tenor as an anti-war candidacy I'm thinking no. Where a lack of experience has typically hurt is in years where a muscular foreign policy has enjoyed wider support. At least initially to me, this appears to be playing strength for Obama, a vp candidate who strongly supports his position on the Iraq War. <i> In light of the recent controversy, wouldn’t it come across as a grand gesture of condescension rather than a sign of respect?</i> I think it would probably help refocus the campaign. I don't think outside Virginia Jim Webb is really known for anything other than his vehemence in opposing the Iraq War. He would need to pick someone more known for his domestic policies if he were to be seen as pandering on that front. Tom Daschle would come to mind. (You may be referring to Rev. Wright; I think that has largely been difused.) Wouldn’t the inclusion of Webb on the ticket be perceived as a rather obvious attempt to offset Obama’s lack of personal military experience by playing the same doomed game of recruiting a veteran to counter the GOP candidate’s national security positions?

Given the tenor as an anti-war candidacy I’m thinking no. Where a lack of experience has typically hurt is in years where a muscular foreign policy has enjoyed wider support. At least initially to me, this appears to be playing strength for Obama, a vp candidate who strongly supports his position on the Iraq War.

In light of the recent controversy, wouldn’t it come across as a grand gesture of condescension rather than a sign of respect?
I think it would probably help refocus the campaign. I don’t think outside Virginia Jim Webb is really known for anything other than his vehemence in opposing the Iraq War. He would need to pick someone more known for his domestic policies if he were to be seen as pandering on that front. Tom Daschle would come to mind. (You may be referring to Rev. Wright; I think that has largely been difused.)

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