debating people, not events
[Rep thinking on Iraq, from Ron Brownstein of the LA Times, via The
Note]
“‘We think we can win that debate,’ said one senior GOP strategist
familiar with White House thinking, who requested anonymity when
discussing internal party deliberations. ‘We won it in 2004, and the
Iraq war was not particularly popular then. It is better when we
debate other people instead of debating events.’”