Talk cable provocateur Alan Dershowitz told me clearly while
discussing his new book, Preemption, that he will not
support Hillary Clinton unless and only if she supports preventive
war aganst Iran when the time comes.
Dershowitz is adamant. He does not fudge this one. I heard a
fury and impatience with the Democratic machinery that will not
vanish in the fog of war. I speak routinely with Dems who have
similar short, bilious tempers.
Significance to me is that the Clintons have no room to maneuver
on the right. If the Clintons aim to veer leftish for early '08
primary season in Iowa and NH and New York, then the Dershowitz
Dems will holler on air and damage the trust factor for the general
campaign.
Underneath this game is the profound fact on the ground that
Israel is in trouble, and that any signal from a Dem candidate that
Iran and its pet Syria can be dealt with, or contained, or ignored,
will put Israel on a last regimen of dialysis. The Clintons cannot
both please their Netrooters and maintain a coherent war fighting
policy. Are there enough Dem votes left in Michigan or Iowa or New
Mexico or New Hampshire or Wisconsin or Minnesota to permit the
Clintons to jettison Netroots as appeasers and still hold or win
the states?
And Ohio is gone if the Clintons go left and abandon the
Dershowitz Dems. Not even limitless face time for Clark will save
the Ohio dream ship.
topics:
Hillary Clinton, Iran, Israel
