War by Other Means

So now another know-it-all Rhodes Scholar from Arkansas wants to be President. Great.

It's now gotten so that I can't keep everyone straight who's in this race. But this is where the Doc can help. As a service to the seven people who read Dr. Curmudgeon regularly, he should host some neighborhood coffees for Democratic candidates swinging through the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. Finding it will, of course, be quite a challenge. But I am sure that Dennis Kucinich will do just about anything for coffee with a potential supporter. Maybe Howard Dean will condescend to come, and he and the Doc can reminisce about the time the Doc gave him the finger. Or was that Bernie Sanders? Maybe the Doc head-butted Howard Dean, I can't remember.

As for Wesley Clark, I am not sure that he leaps into the front of the race, as Bill Kristol was opining last night. Seems to be a little more difficult than that, surely, to get support in this field. As for why he does this, well, blame it on being a CNN pundit; you get so you think you know everything. The General is just one of the few pundits to actually be arrogant enough to act on that assumption.

Or he could be doing it for this reason.

And could we have a moratorium on analyzing the generals who have run for office? Or if people insist on doing it, could it be an analysis with a little analysis, rather than a Trivial Pursuit training routine?