Might be true, but being better president than McCain and W. is an incredibly low bar to clear.
@DanielLarison McCain defending Obama's Libya policy from Romney-esque criticism on Hannity: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/14/853511/mccain-hannity-libya/ …
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@mtracey That's difference b/t an ideologue backing every war he sees and candidate trying to create partisan difference where none exists -
@DanielLarison True -- McCain might be more instinctively disposed to support any war, whereas Romney comes to pro-war managerial decisions.
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@mtracey Partisans in an election will want to find fault with opponents' policies even when they agree with them. Ideologues won't botherThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mtracey Romney complained about "mission creep" in Libya, but wasn't b/c he cared about mission creep. Wanted to attack Obama's competenceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mtracey Ideologues were faulting Obama for being too cautious, and were happy that war was aimed at regime change -
@DanielLarison And so I remain perplexed as to why there is any confusion re: who would conduct a relatively more aggressive foreign policy - 2 more replies
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@mtracey Romney's position on Libya seems confused b/c he was trying to obscure the fact that he agreed with admin policyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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