In 2006, polls showed the Democrats had pulled near even with Republicans on the question of national security. Now, a wide advantage for Republicans has returned.
Ed Morrissey credits the shift to the contrast between party spokesmen, with various Democratic know-nothings (e.g., Reid, Pelosi, Obama) measured against John McCain. I’m sure that’s some of it, but I think the main point is even simpler.
On the central national security question of the last two years, the Surge, Republicans were right and Democrats were wrong. Now they continue to hurt themselves by refusing to admit they were wrong. Many things escape the public’s notice; the success of the Surge has not.
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