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POPSAre they underestimating Harry Reid? I wonder if Harry Reid is smarter than we've been giving him credit for. Conventional wisdom in Democratic circles holds that he's a wimp who folds every time Republicans even threaten a filibuster. But I wonder if it's possible that playing the helpless minority, especially on Iraq, might pay more political dividends than direct confrontation by sending the message that voters *must* give the Dems 60 votes in the Senate and the presidency if they want the war to end. I still think they should be more confrontational on domestic issues like the AMT, but this is food for thought.
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POPSKamikaze Revisionism in Japan So now the question is if this is just going to be annoying (like Southern civil war revisionism) or a sign of resurgent Japanese militarism. Not that that would be entirely a bad thing. A militarized Japan might help keep China from making too much trouble.