were going to declare we were at war. congress passed an authorization of military force against the group that attacked us and associated forces. and the power granted by that authorization to use force undergirds a lot of the things that we have done over the past decade in this administration and the previous one. things that constitute previously unimaginable behavior for the united states of america. we re on a war footing. and is that war footing forever? that s the question, right? when does it end? it s not a philosophical question, it s an empirical question. because this is not a war that we ever planned on winning. we planned on just fighting it for a while and then eventually stopping, maybe. i m not just saying that because that s my take on it. and i m a liberal, although i am. i m saying that because it s been the understanding all along from the people who declared this war in the first place this was never something we were going to know it was over because we had a wi
war. congress passed an authorization of military force against the group that attacked us and associated forces. and the power granted by that authorization to use force undergirds a lot of the things we have done. things that constitute unimaginable behavior for the united states of america. we re on a war footing. and is that war footing forever? that s the question, right? when does it end? it s not a philosophical question, it s an empirical question. it s not a war we planned on winning. we planned on fighting it for awhile and eventually stopping, maybe. i m not just saying that because that s my take on it. i m saying that because it s been the understanding all along from the people who declared this war in the first place this was never something we were going to know it was over because we had a winner. it was never planned that way.
group that attacked us and associated forces. and the power granted by that authorization to use force undergirds a lot of the things we have done. over the past decade, in this administration and in the previous one. things that constitute unimaginable behavior for the united states of america. we re on a war footing. and is that war footing forever? that s the question, right? when does it end? it s not a philosophical question, it s an empirical question. because, this is not a war that we ever planned on winning. we planned on just fighting it for awhile and then eventually stopping, maybe. i m not just saying that because that s my take on it. and i m a commie pinky liberal, although i am. i m saying that because it s been the understanding all along from the people who declared this war in the first place this was never something we were going to know it was over because we had a winner. it was never planned that way. you said to me a second ago, one of the things you will lay
is not just an interesting fact about how this state is likely to vote. what you are looking at right there is actionable intelligence. what political messaging is going to be most effective for winning this state given these age-specific numbers. again, you do not have to guess. it s an empirical question with an empirical answer. it is in the numbers. look from that same fox news poll. regardless of how you might vote, which presidential candidate do you trust to do a better job on protecting medicare? look at the margin. president obama winning that question in florida by a 13-point margin. so the people who want barack obama to win florida are pressing that advantage right now and the people who want mitt romney to win florida are trying to eliminate the president s advantage on that right now and they are both doing it in an intensely targeted way with this crucial block of older voters in florida that everybody knows they ve got to persuade. with that in mind, listen to this radi
candidate, this polling pattern is not just an interesting fact about how this state is likely to vote. what you are looking at right there is actionable intelligence. what political messaging is going to be most effective for winning this state given these age-specific numbers. again, you do not have to guess. it s an empirical question with an empirical answer. it is in the numbers. look from that same fox news poll. regardless of how you might vote, which presidential candidate do you prust to do a better job on protecting medicare? look at the margin. president obama winning that question in florida by a 13-point margin. so the people who want barack obama to win florida are pressing that advantage right now and the people who want mitt romney to win florida are trying to eliminate the president s advantage on that right now and they are both doing it in an intensely targeted way with this crucial block of older voters in florida that everybody knows they ve got to persuade. with t