"It means the war has become a negative asset," Roosevelt analyzed methodically. "If the President continues to take a hardline, escalatory approach, the risks will far outweigh the rewards in the national election. And this War Powers Resolution provides the opposition party and his internal opponents with a perfect tool for dissociation.
"It offers an incredibly effective political narrative: 'I support our troops, but I oppose an unauthorized war.'
"This reconnects opposition to the war with patriotism, stripping away the risk of being accused of treason.
"In traditional Red States, the Republican Party will shout: 'It's the Democratic Party's President who recklessly started a war and dragged the US Army into a new Middle East quagmire!'
"In Swing States and Industrial States like Pennsylvania, they will say: 'The war has driven up gas prices and hurt your wallets! The Democratic Party only cares about the sand in the Middle East and ignores your cost of living!'
