katievs

If his resume is enhanced if she wins, isn't it diminished by her loss?   · _{Jul 11 at 9:01pm}

Skid McBrick

Mike Murphy mentioned himself there is money in it.  Also, think of the potential resume enhancement if he could have said he helped get Whitman across the line.  That is his business. · _{Jul 11 at 7:47pm}

Kenneth

Don't blame Mike Murphy for Meg Whitman's failure.  The woman was a miserable candidate.  If she'd had three feet, she would have shot herself in each of them. · _{Jul 11 at 5:24pm}

mesquito: Listening to the podcast, I got to wondering.

Has Mike Murphy ever referred to a prominent Democrat pol as "crazy"?

And what percentage of the vote did his candidate get in California last year? · _{Jul 11 at 3:31pm}

Aaron Miller: As I said months ago when Hezbollah's presence in Mexico was first reported, our enemies in the Middle East would benefit from the emergence of a de facto narco-terrorist state along the Rio Grande. It doesn't matter if Mexico and the United States refuse to formally recognize that independent state (which simply buys off border officials, rather than makes them wear snazzy cartel uniforms).

Hezbollah gets loads of money, fresh recruits and a Trojan horse (Tijuana burro, if you prefer). The cartels get weapons, training and powerful political allies. The OIC, South American dictators, China, Russia and North Korea gain a strategic military advantage against the U.S., should they ever need it.

Everybody wins!

That said, how does trouble in Syria make that situation worse? If anything, wouldn't troubles for Hezbollah in Asia mean Hezbollah operatives in Mexico might become more independent, and so more likely to assimilate into the cartels and prefer making blood money to killing infidels? · _{Jul 8 at 9:44pm}