The challenge

MANIFESTO

In his usual insightful way, Tom Fina wraps up what's going on in ObamaWorld:

The president says that he is confident that the public will approve his [Afghan] strategy when it hears it. Whether he can square the political circle of satisfying the military pressure to "win", the Republican goal of destroying him politically, the liberal Democratic segment of his constituency that wants out and the crucial independents who will not long support a slog through the quagmire, will be a test of his ability to perform miracles. Among the few diverting moments will be watching the Republicans, who insist that health insurance be budget neutral, respond to Democratic proposals to pay as we go for the continuation of the war in Afghanistan with special war taxes.

In a nutshell, that's pretty much all we need to know this last weekend in November.