Realists and exceptionalists: sorting the GOP candidates

REALISTS AND EXCEPTIONALISTS: John Gans sorts the GOP field into categories, based on their respective stances on various foreign policy issues. On Michele Bachmann: "The Congresswoman from Minnesota was fortunate that her congressional career began after the invasion of Iraq; it allowed her to avoid committing the original foreign policy sin of the new century. This relative blank slate enabled her to be a self-described 'student of foreign policy.' But the slow development of her worldview has led to mistakes -- recall in 2007 when she said of Iran, 'There's already an agreement made. They are going to get half of Iraq and that is going to be a terrorist safe haven zone.' Statements like these and others can look, depending on one's perspective, like either a lack of depth, raw political opportunism, reasoned caution, or a mask to a more nefarious set of beliefs." Take a look at the rest of his article.