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Obama, the Democrats, and the Surge

Fri Jul 18, 2:43 PM ET

Washington (The Daily Standard) - This is the week that the Democratic party ran up the white flag when it comes to the surge in Iraq. Leading the surrender was none other than Barack Obama, the Democratic party's presumptive nominee for president and among the most vocal critics of the counterinsurgency plan that has transformed the Iraq war from a potentially catastrophic loss to what may turn out to be a historically significant victory.

  • Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Base Tue Jul 15, 10:16 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 42 - 7/21/2008 - Back in the heady days of late 2006--when Barack Obama decided on his run for president--Democrats had a foolproof plan to gain power:

  • Let's Not Be Provocative! Mon Jul 14, 10:47 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 42 - 7/21/2008 - Asked how the United States ought to respond to last week's Iranian missile tests, Barack Obama told CNN that it was important "we avoid provocation." Just as last year, Obama criticized a Senate bill designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization because it was too "provocative." This has us wondering: Is the problem with Iran that the United States seems provocative?

  • Very Retiring Republicans Mon Jul 7, 10:01 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 41 - 7/7/2008 - Democrats John Conyers, John Dingell, and Charles Rangel were in the wilderness from 1994 to 2006, the years of Republican rule of the House of Representatives.

  • History's Fall Guys Mon Jun 30, 11:24 PM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 41 - 7/7/2008 - There was a moment in history when the Dutch really loved their tulips. In 1635, 40 tulip bulbs sold for the astronomical price of 100,000 florins. This was at a time when the average yearly income of a Dutchman who wasn't forced to spend all his time plugging leaky dikes was 150 florins.

  • Closing the Enthusiasm Gap Sun Jun 29, 1:16 PM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 41 - 7/7/2008 - About the time political reporters were sitting down to lunch on June 24, BlackBerries all over Washington buzzed with an unusual email.

  • An Indecent Decision Sun Jun 29, 1:16 PM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 41 - 7/7/2008 - What are the scariest words in constitutional law these days? "Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court."

  • Here's My Plan Sun Jun 29, 1:07 PM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 41 - 7/7/2008 - Grand New Party How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dreamby Ross Douthat and Reihan SalamDoubleday, 256 pp., $23.95

  • Obamanomics Wed Jun 25, 10:22 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 40 - 6/30/2008 - Every day that passes makes one thing clearer and clearer: Barack Obama knows precisely what he wants to do to the U.S. economy, and John McCain is intent on proving his self-confessed lack of knowledge with a charming set of homilies.

  • Uncorking Energy Supplies Tue Jun 24, 10:36 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 40 - 6/30/2008 - Bob Corker's introduction to the nation and to politicians in Washington was not auspicious.

  • Obama's Pooh-bah Mon Jun 23, 10:34 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 40 - 6/30/2008 - "Winnie-the-Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security."--former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig, one of Barack Obama's key foreign policy advisers, June 11