Panetta is just echoing 2002 (goes back to the 90's as well) beltway dem rhetoric that the Dems should ignore national security, Bush, etc etc etc in favor of issues we can "win" on, like prescription drugs.
It's kind of like beating a dead horse at this point, but the Beltway dem consultant types don't seem to realize yet that this its 2007, not 1992 or 1996 etc.
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Panetta is just echoing 2002 (goes back to the 90's as well) beltway dem rhetoric that the Dems should ignore national security, Bush, etc etc etc in favor of issues we can "win" on, like prescription drugs.
It's kind of like beating a dead horse at this point, but the Beltway dem consultant types don't seem to realize yet that this its 2007, not 1992 or 1996 etc.