For a long time there has been in circulation a theory that Republican political leaders favor Hillary Clinton in the Democratic race because of her negatives. Now there’s a theory that Bush actually prefers Clinton among the Democrats because she would be the most likely Democrat to do what he would do in Iraq and the Middle East. I still haven’t decided on a candidate, but, for the primary phase, I’ve ruled one out due to her vote on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment.

And as far as I know she is the only Democratic candidate to explicitly put nukes on the table.

Oh yes – and then there is her record on Bush’s Iraq adventure, which only became truly and actively negative AFTER it became clear that she needed to be negative on it for her campaign.

A Hill veteran sends along the Kyl-Lieberman amendment on Iran (.pdf), saying it may come up for a vote as early as tomorrow. “In particular, take a look at Section (5) in the Operative portion.” He adds, “This will be a hard amendment for Members to oppose … because a no vote can be spun as ‘You don’t care about Iranian munitions killing American troops.’”

Tuesday Update: “Votes got postponed until tomorrow morning, but Kyl-Lieberman is on tap for tomorrow. Schumer allegedly working on a side by side. Levin will likely vote yes, while … Reid is likely to vote no.”