Unintended Consequences - The moral

Unintended Consequences - The moral laxity of the Clinton years and the moral relativism of the Sixties have combined, since the weekend, to make war more, not less, likely.

Robert Torricelli's abdication in New Jersey threatens to erase at one shot the Democrat lead in the Senate. Even if the New Jersey Supreme Court gives the Democrats an extralegal upset victory by allowing the Democrats to put Frank Lautenberg on the ballot, Lautenberg would face long odds. So while the punditry has been talking about how bad this election looks for the Dems, this has made it even worse.

In the meantime, Representatives Bonior and McDermott's performance in Baghdad over the weekend may go down in history as worse, if anything, than Neville Chamberlain's performance in Munich. They may have done for the Dems what Chamberlain did for Labour after Munich.\

Did you hear Tom Daschle today? Over the course of five days, he's gone from stalling like a madman on the Iraq resolution, to (this morning) backing it. Granted the support is the support of the sidewinder - he can lash out again on the slightest pretext - but the public reaction to Bonior and McDermott's has apparently been scathing enough to get Daschle to do what the combined efforts of the entire GOP couldn't - soften his stance, make him run for cover.

My big question: Bonior and McDermott's performance pretty well gutted, for now, the far left's credibility on this issue. After Bonior and McDermott, who is the most recognizable paleoliberal in Congress?

No, besides Maxine Waters and Dianne Feinstein and Jerry Nadler...

Yes, that's right, Paul Wellstone.

What will Wellstone do? How can Coleman use this to strengthen his (so says Zogby) lead?