Jonah Watch 2002

In the National Review's The Corner collaborative weblog, Jonah Goldberg, writes this about a McCain run for President in 2004:

THE MCCAIN BANDWAGON [Jonah Goldberg]
Anyway, I doubt McCain will run against Bush. One reason, albeit not a major one, is that there are a lot fewer Republicans who'd be willing to sign up with McCain this time around. It's one thing to work for the "maverick" when it's an open primary, it's another to challenge the sitting president. More important, I think "it's likely" we will be at war with Iraq around then and McCain won't challenge a wartime president.

I guess it really is out in the open on the right that the timing of an Iraqi campaign is entirely based on domestic political considerations. And they said Clinton wagged the ol' doggy.