Further to my November 2006 warning that “anybody expecting Senator-elect Webb to be a standard bearer for liberal values will be sorely disappointed,” and that “he will cast votes that will incense liberal” comes this blog entry on Raising Kaine from somebody furious with Webb’s vote to condemn MoveOn.org.
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Equally important is the expected responses to Webb by once and current supporters. His actions have made quite a few people mad who are Jim Webb fans normally.
I would imagine his staff is busy just now, answering a lot of mail and phone calls.
This, and his vote on the capitulation to the President on other issues having to do with warantless wiretapping and withdrawal timelines.
Last year when I said I’d rather have Webb than Miller as the “democrat” in the race, people said it was because I thought Webb wouldn’t be as good a candidate, but I was serious when I responded that Webb would vote much more like a Republican than Miller would.
Webb has over the years adopted more than a few parts of the liberal philosophy, but he still retains a bit of his old republican values. If it wasn’t for the war, he might still consider himself a republican, much like John Warner only with a few more socialist tendencies.
> “Webb has over the years adopted more than a few parts of the liberal philosophy, but he still retains a bit of his old republican values.”
Wow. Sounds like a moderate to me! Who’d’ve thunk?
What socialist tendencies? Webb is a Democrat in name only, and anyone who thought differently last fall was fooling themselves.
I must say that reading that long list of whining, wailing posts at RK was more than a little humorous. Last year it was clear that Webb’s hard core supporters willfully ignored his positions on virtually every issue besides Iraq — as well as his past support of Republicans — as they jumped on the Webb bandwagon out of their hatred of George Allen.
The funny part is how surprised they are, and how they feel so betrayed. What did they expect? Webb was going to change who he was all of a sudden just because he had a bunch of ultra left wingers supporting him?
Well, it worked for Giuliani and Romney . . .
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Early last year, I asked Webb a couple of questions in a row. He started his response with “Look, I’m pro-gun, pro-gay, and pro-choice.” I don’t know about you all, but that sounds like a lot of Democrats I know . . .
Jim Webb is a political movement unto himself. The only way that the notion of partisanship applies to Jim Webb is in the sense that there are those who are with Jim Webb and those who are against him. If you’re with him, that’s nice. He’s glad to have you along. If you’re against him, he really doesn’t give a shit and he’s gonna keep going regardless.
Can you cage the wind? Can you hold a rainbow in your hands? No. Such is Jim Webb.
Eh. I’m generally a fan of Jim Webb. But I think it would be a mistake to treat him as particularly impressive or special in the realm of politics. He makes stupid mistakes, just like the rest of them (see, e.g., his FISA vote).