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Asked whether invading Iraq was the right decision, Gregg called the question "Monday-morning quarterbacking with very little utility."
It was "very likely," he said, that Iraq would prove to be "a good counterbalance" to "radical Islam" in the Middle East.
Iraq isn't the same issue as it was in the 2006 election, said Gregg; now it is fourth-highest in a recent poll of voters. Nor will President George Bush, who has very low popularity ratings in New Hampshire, be a factor in November, he added.
It's funny. Free marketeers like Judd Gregg always want the market to decide who succeeds and who doesn't, but when it comes to the public holding accountable its servants, not so much.
Hundreds of thousands needlessly dead, and losing a football game - really the same thing. Bygones.
And, because the irony of the statement is large enough to drive a semi-truck through it, I will repeat this again:
It was "very likely," he said, that Iraq would prove to be "a good counterbalance" to "radical Islam" in the Middle East.
Bygones to secularist dictator Saddam Hussein too, I guess.
Update: 57 percent of Granite Staters are Monday Morning Quarterbacks:
The Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, reports that 57 percent of residents oppose the Unite States invading Iraq and 37 percent favor support the decision.
The poll also finds that 69 percent disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war and 28 percent favor Bush's handling.
Forty-nine percent think the U.S. should withdraw troops over the next two years, and 42 percent say the U.S. should stay in Iraq until the country is stabilized.
But no, Bush and Iraq will have nothing to do with this election. Happy spinning, Senator.
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