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In fact, I’m writing this with my eyes closed just in case I veer into a Why We’re Doomed essay.

What is so hard about this moment is the realization that there is going to be a much darker challenge before us, and things are going to veer further away from what we want to ultimately achieve before we can turn that corner.

Several times in that run, they have been locked on for the winners' enclosure, only to veer into the rails in the final quarter.

So, yes, start running for president — but veer a bit toward the middle.

The idea seems to have been that Cheney is a “chickenhawk” because she advocates for wars she herself doesn’t serve in—but it did veer pretty quickly into a sort of firing squad fantasy scenario, didn’t it?