Cross Country: How to Repeal Bush's Foreign Policy Agenda, and How to Resuscitate His Domestic One

More opinions pieces from other papers across the nation:

Repealing the Bush Doctrine: Andrew Bacevich argues in the Boston Globe that instead of simply voting against the president's surge plan for Iraq, Congress should use its power to rescind the Bush Doctrine: "Democratic leaders should offer a binding resolution that makes the following three points: First, the United States categorically renounces preventive war. Second, the United States will henceforth consider armed force to be an instrument of last resort. Third, except in response to a direct attack on the United States, any future use of force will require prior Congressional authorization, as required by the Constitution."

Saving Bush's Domestic Agenda: In the Washington Times, Gary Andres urges Republican presidential candidates to reinvigorate President Bush's "most powerful domestic reform themes -- compassionate conservatism and the ownership society --" which were derailed by the Iraq war and the Democratic congressional takeover. "Merging the two ideas," Andres writes, "could potentially improve both and become an important plank in a new domestic agenda that Republican lawmakers and presidential aspirants should adopt."

The Christian Science Monitor hopes the Bush administration's decision to hold talks on Iraq with Iran will lead to "bigger things": direct talks between U.S. and Iran about Tehran's nuclear ambitions ... columnist Pat Holt, former chief of staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, agrees, noting that negotiating with Iran won't "imply approval or disapproval of" Tehran's "policies or actions."

The Philadelphia Inquirer argues that the assassination attempt on Vice President Cheney in Afghanistan this week "provides more evidence that the Taliban and al-Qaeda are rebuilding themselves" and reinforces the idea that President Bush must do all he can to bring stability to Afghanistan and Pakistan, including more diplomacy.

Des Moines Register columnist David Yepsen thinks former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack's departure from the presidential race could help Bill Richardson's chances. Yepsen quotes Richardson: "I'm a grass-roots candidate, an issues candidate and I'm an underdog. Those are three qualities Iowans like."

The Dallas Morning News argues that Tuesday's stock market slump shows how sensitive the U.S. market is to China, the "major underwriter of our economy and consumer lifestyles."

The Seattle Times argues that the proposed buyout deal for a Texas utility, which includes a cut in the number of coal power plants the utility will build, proves that curbing climate change has "gone mainstream." The conversation about global warming has "changed forever," the editors say.

The Boston Globe argues that the federal government should provide funding to Massachusetts to help the state experiment with its plan to offer health insurance to every child in the state.

By Rob Anderson |  March 1, 2007; 7:58 AM ET
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