Is it possible for a Republican to win the presidency by

[theaocp]

telling the electorate they'll pull more troops out of Iraq/Afghanistan/Libya/wherever than Obama? Of course they'd be lying about it (well, maybe not Paul), but that could be a golden ticket, if it's framed the right way. I got thinking about this with all the posts about having more troops in Afghanistan at the end of the first term than at the beginning. I can see the talking points now:

* capping the money gusher for use at home, possibly to off-set mean ole Obama's coming cuts to Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security
* saving troops' lives
* showing the world we're "not building an empire"
* fill-in-the-blank bullshit

This sort of shit happens when you don't do what is expected of you. Scary stuff.

[LiberalEsto]

1. Nixon claimed he had a secret plan to end the Vietnam War nt

[CTyankee]

2. I wish I knew. If I did I would tell the Dem. Party how to run its 2012 campaign.

I just think that at this point we're damned if we do and damned if we don't...