Running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, Kweisi Mfume (the liberal former Congressman and head of the NAACP is focusing his campaign on a rapid withdrawal from Iraq. Rick Heller, a moderate blogger, comments: "This seems like a smart strategy for Mfume, to attract white suburban support in the primary. It might also work in the general election in a state as Democratic as Maryland. However, I think it would backfire on the Democratic Party as a whole if the party were to become identified with quitting Iraq prematurely. Right now, there is increasing support in the polls for withdrawing from Iraq. I believe some of this support represents 'magical thinking' under the supposition that a withdrawal would stem our losses and have no negative consequences. But if it did take place, and the highly negative outcome that most experts anticipate would result from an immediate withdrawal occurred, those who championed the policy would suffer scorn in the long term."
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