Broder WSJ on Biden & Lugar "Foreign Policy's Best Hope"

[Muttocracy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802631.html

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Despite all the static in the political atmosphere, Biden and Lugar left me believing that there is hope of overcoming the divisive legacy of the past six years -- in large part because of the work these two have done together to prepare the way.

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Both these men are dead-serious students of international affairs. They travel the world and read and consult widely. There is a deep mutual respect; I lost count of the number of times Biden quoted Lugar, and vice versa, during our conversations.

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It is not certain that Biden and Lugar will remain in their posts when the new president takes office. Biden is a plausible choice for vice president or secretary of state under Barack Obama. Lugar could serve as secretary of state for either John McCain or Obama, a man Lugar recruited for membership on Foreign Relations and a vocal admirer of his.

But if they stay where they are, they could be the best friends the new president has on Capitol Hill. Both Lugar and Biden have run for the presidency themselves, and both are genuinely ready to work with a new president after feeling more than frustrated by their dealings with the Bush White House. If that new president wants a genuine partnership on an American foreign policy, he would have to look no farther than these two. "

[Debi]

1. I caucused for Lugar in 1996

Yep, I was a member of the Dark Side!! It was Lugar's stance on nuclear weapons that made me want to caucus for him.

[Muttocracy]

2. I didn't know he had run for president until reading that.

I'd take Lugar over the Bush types and Cheney/Rumsfeld types anyday. He reminds me exactly of someone I work with who is originally from Indiana.

[Debi]

3. He is quite the conservative republican, though

but he was the best choice out of the bunch in 1996 - and I was most impressed with his stance on dismantling nuclear weapons.

Little did I know, that 9 months after I stood at caucus for Dick Lugar I would marry the man who authored the legislation to ban depressed trajectory ballistic missiles. :loveya: (It was passed by Congress within the Defense Authorization act of 1988 but was vetoed by President Reagan - President Bush I, through General Brent Scowcroft, presented it to the Soviet Union in Geneva in 1990 during the START II talks). How cool is that!!

[PatSeg]

4. Very cool indeed!

How romantic!!!!

[Debi]

5. Yeah, politics is our lifeblood!

:hug: