Veepstakes: Condi's semi-Sherman
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:11 AM by Mark Murray
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Democrats, Republicans, 2008
Condi Rice didn't pull a "Sherman" on being McCain’s veep, but came close. “While praising Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona, Ms. Rice said in an interview, ‘I don’t want to be, don’t intend to be, won’t be on the ticket.’”
Biden will give a speech at Georgetown University, in which he blasts McCain and the GOP on foreign policy. “When people say ‘this is the most important election in my lifetime,’ they’re right,” he will say, per excerpts released by his Senate office. “I start from a simple premise: we cannot afford another four years of Republican stewardship of our nation’s security… John McCain remains wedded to the Bush Administration’s myopic view of a world defined by terrorism. He would continue to allow a tiny minority to set the agenda for the overwhelming majority. It is time for a total change in Washington’s worldview. That will require more than a great soldier. It will require a wise leader.”
More: “When it comes to Iraq, there is no daylight between John McCain and George W. Bush. They are joined at the hip. When it comes to Iraq, there will be no change with a McCain administration… and so there is a real and profound choice for Americans in November… We should debate the consequences of drawing down in Iraq. But more importantly, we should talk about what both President Bush and Senator McCain refuse to acknowledge: the increasingly intolerable costs of staying.”
