Most Democrats of a certain age will remember the moment in the 1988 Vice-Presidential debate when Dan Quayle, who was running around comparing himself to President Kennedy, got this comeuppance from Senator Lloyd Bentsen:
Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.In the November Senate elections, you probably don't remember anyone talking about Michigan. Senate Armed Services Chair Carl Levin is retiring, but by October Levin's seat was a "safe Democratic hold," and AP called the race for Democratic Representative Gary Peters as soon as the polls closed.
But while the seat may have been a safe hold for "Democrats," it was not, apparently, a "safe hold" for Democratic supporters of President Obama's diplomatic engagement with Iran. On Iran diplomacy, Gary Peters is no Carl Levin.
