Ahmadinejad, Iran, Democrats, and our Iran policy

Jim Geraghty on National Review online, watching the Democrats debate last night from a New Hampshire bar and seeing all, pretty much every one of them, call for direct talks with Iran, had a great take on it: "The McCainiac and I exchanged incredulous glances when candidate after candidate said their preferred way to deal with Iran was direct talks, some of them mentioning Ahmadinejad. That prospect looks a little different after watching the man talk about God, the angels, the prophets and Islam for twenty-five minutes straight at Columbia University, and then follow it up by contending his country has no gay people. It took… how should I put it… the willing suspension of disbelief to contend that face-to-face meetings with Ahmadinejad seemed like a productive avenue to pursue. We concluded that the only man on stage who looked like he was willing to be tough on Iran was Tim Russert."