From Real Clear Politics:Will the last activist who hopes the antiwar cause will re-emerge as a central tenet of the Democratic Party please turn out the lights on the way out the door?
Little evidence exists that any antiwar movement is alive, well and influencing policy in this country.
Certainly no voice for it is coming from Barack Obama's White House. In fact, Obama has been pretty consistent in jerking-around antiwar crusaders, beginning with last summer's vote as a U.S. senator for a federal surveillance law and its provision shielding telecommunications companies that cooperated in warrantless wiretaps - a law he previously opposed.
The only sound coming from the left at the time was a momentary backlash from the blogosphere.
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My Comment: This article has a good point .... the antiwar has no one to go to if President Obama fails to meet their demands.
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