Conservative Andrew Sullivan praises Webb's speech

By: Rob
Published On: 1/30/2007 4:19:20 PM

A glowing piece on Webb and his speech from a conservative.  Here's a taste:
For the first time in his presidency, Bush was out-machoed and outperformed. And the man who did it, the new senator for Virginia, James Webb, tells you a lot about the shifting landscape of American politics in the twilight of the Bush years.
Sullivan also believes that Webb's margin over Allen today would be much more than the fraction we saw on election.  Damn straight.

Comments



Already covered this... (Lowell - 1/30/2007 4:23:10 PM)
here.


So good it deserved a rerun! (Rob - 1/30/2007 10:44:40 PM)
;)


Liked the piece (Rebecca - 1/30/2007 4:54:37 PM)
I liked this piece. The author seemed to attribute Webb's statements about the inequities in our society as a political move. These comments may have political impact, but the motivation for making them was not political I think. I think this is simply what Webb believes.


A few innacuracies, to be sure (LAS - 1/31/2007 1:28:13 PM)
When I read a short piece like this and pick up factual errors, however inconsequential, I wonder about all the other errors that I DON'T recognize. How much misinformation is out there? It's kind of scary, isn't it?

In any case, Webb does NOT wear his son's combat boots in the Capitol and he is a Marine, NOT a Navy man (yes, there is a difference!)

Does this bother anybody else but me?

Furthermore, what these silly gits don't get is that this speech works because it is REAL. It isn't posturing, or the result of some highly-tested focus group--this is what the man believes.

I normally a strong proponent of letting candidates--for the most part--be themselves. I'm in the camp that believes Gore was horribly over-managed in 2000 and that if we had just let him be himself--pedantic, earnest, wonky, among other things--he'd have won with a much higher margin than he did. What works for Webb might not work for another politician, and that's okay. It's a huge country; there's room for more than one type of person.