Jim Geraghty talks with us about his new book, Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership. Geraghty talks about “security voters,” the Democrats’ problems and what they can do to address them, and whether Hillary can save the Democratic Party. Plus, Bush’s own problems with his “war base.” (One thing that would help with the war base: “this maniac Al-Sadr, hanging from a lamppost.”)

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