would be enough to defeat Obama or any other national candidate. Is everybody that writes for Slate this out of touch? Whether meant seriously or to provoke a laugh, this actually is making me rethink voting for Obama. Very scary. Now you know why your conservative writer was having so much fun.

Do you realize that most of these are fairly conventional wisdom outside of the States? Not just ideological point of views. I meant as parts of the consensus.

Which is why the rest of the world is unfit to lead it.

Alphast:

Do you realize that most of these are fairly conventional wisdom outside of the States?

Not in most of the world, they aren't. Aside from the part about Israel.