Cudahy represents the best of America, as does Clyde Prestowitz, a conservative Republican and christian (an elder in the Presbyterian Church) who has come out with a really superb book that I think sets the tone for people from all parties coming together against Bush--it is called "Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions." My Amazon review should appear in a day or so, but don't wait, this is "the" book for understanding the global and homeland security damage that Bush and his minions are doing "in our name."

Two related comments: the public debate tide is starting to turn, in part because of courageous public statements by honest Americans like Cudahy, in part because the books are starting to roll off the presses. Two in particular for which I have reviews posted at Amazon are Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber's "Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq", and Al Franken's "LIES And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." My review of WMD book includes a quote from Goering used by the authors, and I include it here with the observation that yes, a Hitler and neo-Nazi analogy with the (ironically mostly Jewish) neo-conservative cabal is very appropriate:

On how this government's manipulation of the truth can be compared with Hitler's, they quote Goering to make this point: "but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in every country."

Bottom line: Cudahy represents moderate Republicans--we need to attract the same caliber of person from the Greens, Reforms, Libertarians, and Independents, as well as bring in all the drop-outs. If all Americans do not come together behind Howard Dean, Bush, whom I consider "snake mean" and very unethical, will easily defeat any of the "Bush Lites".