Truth Time Comes

Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: Sanity on Iraq: "We may be approaching a moment a little similar to the moment when Barry Goldwater was tasked to go to Nixon in 1974 and tell him it was over and he should resign. No, I don't mean Bush will quit if the elections are a disaster for the Rove strategy of 'divide and terrify'. I mean that the reality-based members of the Republican establishment, represented by James Baker, will step in and tell Bush he cannot stay in denial any longer about Iraq. All the options are grim - but the grimmest of all is the prospect of Rumsfeld, Cheney and Rove continuing their deranged idea that their 'strategy' has been anything but a shambles. That's why it's so important that the GOP is given a drubbing next week. It will provide an opening for sanity. There are enough sane Republicans and patriotic Democrats to make the tough decisions now needed..."