Chasing the vote in Minnesota, and chasing Saddam Hussein out of Baghdad; not two stories you’d expect to find under the same headline, but the debate over Iraq is creeping into the campaign rhetoric of an election that’s only a month away.
War and politics, you can’t have one without the other, but Congressional campaigns are supposed to stick to domestic issues, right? Maybe not. Republican pollsters are telling their candidates to run on national security and Iraq. Democrats are shying away from the topic of war, betting that voters care more about social security and prescription drugs. But it’s an election. A lot can happen in a month.
Guests:
David King, professor of public policy at Harvard JFK School of Government
Chris Gilbert, chair of the political science department at Gustavus Adolphus College
Whit Ayres, pollster with Ayres McHenry.