Dan Drezner leans toward Kerry

Daniel Drezner is an intelligent fellow so I guess I have trouble figuring out why he would even consider voting for Bush. Perhaps to a libertarian like Dan voting for a NE "liberal" Democrat is a bit like an atheist like me going to church. Well I don't plan on going to church anytime soon but Dan is 80% leaning towards Kerry. He does give an eloquent reason why:

Given the foreign policy stakes in this election, I prefer a leader who has a good decision-making process, even if his foreign policy instincts are skewed in a direction I don't like, over a leader who has a bad decision-making process, even if his foreign policy instincts are skewed in a direction I do like.

If Bush gets re-elected, he and his team will view it as a vindication for all of their policy decisions to date. Whatever groupthink occurred in the first term would pale besides the groupthink that would dominate the second term. Given the tactical and strategic errors in judgment that this administration has made, I have lean towards Kerry.

Yes Dan, that's a pretty good reason. Kerry has flaws, although Dan and I would not agree what those flaws are, but the impact of four years of enhanced "groupthink" is unthinkable.