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Bringing the War 'Home': Go ahead: Make it a political issue.(how Democrats and Republicans are using war on terrorism in campaigns)
At the start of the war, liberals worried that President Bush and the Republicans were going to exploit the conflict for partisan or ideological ends. This fear was reasonable. The war did indeed put Republicans in a strong political position, and they might have been expected to use that strength to advance their policy agenda. But it's not turning out that way.
In the area of domestic policy, Democrats are having at least as good a war as Republicans are. Yes, Bush was able to win an increase in defense spending. But he has not gotten Congress to cut taxes or to allow more energy production. Democrats, on the other hand, were able to federalize airport-security ...
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