re: I won't "take a major hit" if good things happen in Iraq.
Probably not. Nor will most of the liberals who post here. On the other hand, none of them are movement leaders, or politicians who have invested their political futures in the failure of America to change things for the better using military force.
It should be obvious by now that when I'm talking about the "Left" I'm talking about the organized movement, not Fred the union member who still has a "Kerry" sticker on his truck.
Unfortunately for Fred, the modern Democratic Party is headed down the Moveon.org road, not the road it used to walk. More and more, "the Left" is including the leadership of the Democratic Party.