GEITNER SIMMONS FLAGS AN INTERESTING PIECE from a DLC bigwig on European versus American attitudes on war. Excerpt:

In Berlin, I often asked Germans how they would feel about Iraq if the president were named Clinton or Gore, and had supported Kyoto and the ICC, but still had the same Iraq policy as Bush. Almost all said: “Oh, that would be different.” They’ve confused the messenger with the message; their problem is Bush, when it should be Saddam Hussein.

This is likely to prove an expensive mistake on their part.

UPDATE: Here’s more on the subject.