A Lesson (or Rather Warning) for the Democratic Candidates for President

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Michael Moore reminds us what the Iowa results mean in regards to foreign policy:

If you're a candidate for President, and you voted for the war, you lose. And if you voted and voted and voted for the war -- and never once showed any remorse -- you really lose.

In short, if you had something to do with keeping us in this war for four-plus years, you are not allowed to be the next president of the United States.

Over 70% of Iowan Democrats voted for candidates who either never voted for the invasion of Iraq (Obama, Richardson, Kucinich) or who have since admitted their mistake (Edwards, Biden, Dodd). I can't tell you how bad I feel for Senator Clinton tonight. I don't believe she was ever really for this war. But she did -- and continued to do -- what she thought was the politically expedient thing to eventually get elected. And she was wrong. And tonight she must go to sleep wondering what would have happened if she had voted her conscience instead of her calculator.


He has more, in which he talks about Edwards, Obama and the state of the GOP. Edwards made the point in last night's debate about being the most "passionate" Democrat because the issues he's addressing are personal. I think that attitude also attributed to his 2nd-place finish.

The Democratic candidates will be better of tapping not only into their own passions, but that of their base. As Moore suggested, the Era of the Calculating Democrat may have ended last Tuesday in Iowa.

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