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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
So in your world, a bunch of Democratic politicians don't believe that torture is wrong but do believe that lots of voters believe that and will give the Democrats more political power if they just point out that the Republicans like torture. Presumably in this world, the Republicans also understand that voters are against torture, and are running scared at the notion that people will find out they're for water-boarding.
Not the world I live in. In my world, the Democrats are agree that torture is wrong, so they're not making an issue of it in the primaries because it's not a way to distinguish themselves from one another. But they're also not doing much to keep the issue in front of the rest of the public out of fear that it will hurt them. They've decided that GOP filibusters and the presidential veto will prevent them from changing the law before the next election, and their best chance to change things is to take back the White House -- by running on other issues.
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The first sentence of your first paragraph is an accurate, although self-servingly rephrased description of what I wrote. Your second is not, which you knew. Hence, "presumably."
The second paragraph is wishful thinking. I hope you're right, but I can't help but thinking it's pretty naive.
