Line of the week

Goes to Barak Obama, as part of his strong new speech on Iraq:

The bar for success is so low that it is almost buried in the sand.

Indeed. Am impressed that he's coming out with a not-later-but-now position on this; had feared that all the Top Candidates would shy away from such leadership (Edwards is being treated as almost second tier, and thus a bit of a lonely voice). If nothing else, perhaps this will push Clinton to notice that the American public is developing a high degree of unanimity behind rational action . . .