Posted by David Kopel: Left/Right bloggers pessimistic on bipartisanship, split on Afghanistan surge: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_02_08-2009_02_14.shtml#1234563418
This week's [1]National Journal poll of leading political bloggers find over 90% of Left-wing and Right-wing bloggers being either "less encourage" or having "no change" in their hopes for bipartisanship in Washington. (And the "no change" people never had much hope in the first place.) I was among the tiny minority that was "more encouraged," although not because I think that Obama's current course is going to attract Republican support. Rather, "The opposition of some Blue Dogs to the House version of the 'stimulus' (actually just a long-term spending spree, not a short-term stimulus) raises hope that more and more centrist Democrats will join in bipartisan opposition to irresponsible and overreaching measures pushed by Pelosi/Obama." Should the U.S. send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan? About 2/3 of the Right and 1/3 of the Left thought so. My view: "President Bush led us to victory in Iraq. Let's hope President Obama does the same in Afghanistan." I do agree with bloggers who suggested that "more troops" is not the only issue; improved strategy and tactics are also important. References 1. http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20090213_9616.php _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
