Michael Steele: The Democrats Best Friend?

Not for the first time, some statements by Michael Steele, chair of the Republican National Committee, have him in hot water. But if Liz Cheney, William Kristol, and other conservatives are calling for him to resign, maybe that's reason enough for him to stay. I cannot criticize Steele for calling the war in Afghanistan "a war of Obama's choosing," because I've suggested the same thing myself. (Although when I used the term "Obama's War," I was trying to make the point that it's now Obama's turn to decide what direction the war should take while Steele, I suspect, was trying to re-write history.) But Steele's other point, about the war being unwinnable, merits discussion. As recently as yesterday General Petreaus said that the United States is in the war to win, but as I and many others have asked before: what does winning look like? President Bush and his military commanders never satisfactorily answered that question, and neither has President Obama.

By the way, aside from the fact that she is the daughter of perhaps the worst vice president in United States history, can anyone explain how Liz Cheney has become a "leading Republican voice on national security issues" as the New York Times wrote today?