http://iowaprogress.com/2006/10/16/boswell-is-in-the-gops-top-3/ Politics in Iowa from a progressive viewpoint. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/10/16/boswell-is-in-the-gops-top-3/#comment-7044 Iowa Progress » The Boz Comes Out Against The Surge Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:08:50 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/10/16/boswell-is-in-the-gops-top-3/#comment-7044 [...] As the Des Moines Register notes, Leonard Boswell has now come out against the proposed troop increase in Iraq. Although it’s not exactly a news headline that a Democrat has come out against the war, Boswell is part of the broader coalition of moderate to conservative Democrats who Republicans have needed to accomplish anything even moderately bipartisan in recent years. Considering a lot of the rhetoric that Boswell used on the campaign trail, this isn’t exactly a surprise but it just further reflects what little support that there now is for the Iraq War on Capital Hill and throughout the country. Even only last year, it would be surprising if someone who was one of the three most targeted incumbent Democrats in the past election took this dovish a stance. While, outside of the White House and John McCain’s house, it’s hard to find someone who supports the war. It’s a sign of how much times have changed and of how bad things in Iraq have become. [...] […] As the Des Moines Register notes, Leonard Boswell has now come out against the proposed troop increase in Iraq. Although it’s not exactly a news headline that a Democrat has come out against the war, Boswell is part of the broader coalition of moderate to conservative Democrats who Republicans have needed to accomplish anything even moderately bipartisan in recent years. Considering a lot of the rhetoric that Boswell used on the campaign trail, this isn’t exactly a surprise but it just further reflects what little support that there now is for the Iraq War on Capital Hill and throughout the country. Even only last year, it would be surprising if someone who was one of the three most targeted incumbent Democrats in the past election took this dovish a stance. While, outside of the White House and John McCain’s house, it’s hard to find someone who supports the war. It’s a sign of how much times have changed and of how bad things in Iraq have become. […]

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