Reply #14: I think you have it right. It seem to me least, very similar to Ross Perot and NAFTA. The Republican [View All]

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s that didn't want to support Pappy and didn't hear what they needed to from the Democratic Party found an outlet in Perot. We poo-pooed Perot as crazy on his warnings about NAFTA and shunned the voters that were up for grabs during that fight. In the same way that our candidates poo-poo the Get Out of Iraq sentiment that's clearly what the majority of people want. Some Republican voters want an end to the craziness that has overtaken their party and all they seem to hear from us is "more of the same". So they hear one candidate that states unequivocally that Iraq is a bad situation, and he just happens to be a Republican, so they gather around him. Right leaning Democrats hear the same message and start to align with him. I don't believe the average voter takes the time to hear anything about his other crazy views, they just hear the one main issue they want addressed and fall in line. I wonder how much wind would be taken out of his sails if any of the other leading candidates stepped forward and said he/she would end our misadventures in the Middle East?