The Common Thread in American Politics

The politics of the Iraq war and the US are kind of weird. Bush got reelected over John Kerry in 2004, but that was a complicated choice between two people who had supported the war. But then Republicans get crushed in the 2006, midterms in part because of Iraq. I would argue that Iraq is a huge part of why Obama won the primary- 100% of Hillary Clinton. Trump pretended to be anti-war, even though he supported it, but that obviously helped him. And then now we have Joe Biden as president who voted for the war,. It's been a long time and it's just a completely different election.