In his latest TIME column, Peter Beinart tries to stifle groans from the Left about the potential make-up of the Obama administration?s foreign policy and defense team.
In a nutshell, Beinart suggests that Obama is turning to moderate voices to sell a more progressive agenda:
That’s the beauty of his emerging national-security team. Even Republicans will find it hard to call Gates and Jones latter-day Neville Chamberlains, and even many Likudniks will think twice before claiming that Hillary Clinton is in league with Hamas.
Don?t bet on it. Anyone who?s ever listened to the Rush Limbaugh show for more than a few minutes at a time knows that Limbaugh and other conservative commentators give no free passes to those who support bad or counterproductive ideas ? regardless of their political pedigrees.
