Really, A Democrat Can Do It
Ezra Klein writes another excellent post explaining just how myopic it would be for a potential Barack Obama administration to include Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense.
Could we please stop buying into the radical right-wing meme that says we have to go to the daddy party to protect us? As Klein writes:
If Republicans say Democrats can't be trusted to handle national security, and Democrats keep turning to Republicans to handle national security, why should voters question the claim that Democrats aren't to be trusted on national security?
Ding! There are many Democrats who are up to the job -- and Obama, should he win, would do well to remember this fact.