Jeffrey Feldman write in Frameshop: Dem Who Reframes "War on Terror," Wins in '08:
The Democratic candidate who wins the 2008 nomination for President will not be the candidate who simply puts forward the best policy proposal on Iraq or Iran or Afghanistan or any other individual military issue. The candidate who wins will be the candidate who reframes the entire debate on national security in progressive terms--the candidate who steps up and liberates the country from the destructive logic of the propaganda frame that President Bush calls "The War on Terror."
Read the whole thing. Also check his blow-by-blow analysis of framing of the recent DNC speech by Edwards and others and compare.
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