Ok, I bash Susan Estrich a lot. What can I say. She deserves it. However all cows must have their day, and this is Susan’s. The ‘rats have a problem and his name is General David Petraeus, Read her entire column.
The Democrats, especially the Democrats running for president, have a problem, and his name is Petraeus.
In two days of hearings on Capitol Hill, he probably didn’t change any of the views held by members of Congress about the war in Iraq. But he almost certainly impressed a lot of people sitting at home by displaying all the traits Americans hope for in a military leader.
Common sense and common decency play well, outside the Beltway.
