That's The Ticket - The Kerry-McCain Dream

The last week has been an emotional whiplash for Americans. The shame of Abu Ghraib morphed into the shock of the beheading of Nick Berg. America seemed too powerful and then not powerful enough. And by the end of it, a kind of psychic equilibrium could be felt. No serious figure wants to cut and run in Iraq, however chastened and troubled Washington has become. And no serious neo-conservative or liberal interventionist has avoided what is in Washington a rare event: a bout of public self-doubt. What emerges is something of a consensus: Bush has a few months to persuade the country that Iraq is on the right path. If he fails, Kerry will have a chance to offer himself as the "smarter war, kinder peace" candidate. In this endeavour, Kerry needs some measure of hawkish credibility. And he needs someone who can ease polarization and bring independents into the Democratic tent.


Here is a powerfull argument for a vice- president for John Kerry of the other party. To make an end to the deadly divisions in US domestic politics.
Will it work? Won't a Kerrry McCain presidency manouvre a lot of policies into deadlock?
Well at least on the international theatre they might reach out to the US allies and start working together again.

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