DEMOCRATS CAN'T FIND ANYONE TO HELP THEM SURRENDER
[...] I’ll close this post with a bit of great analysis from Right Wing Nut House that further illustrates what I mean by the absolute defeatism of the Democratic party and the left: The calculus for getting the 60 votes needed to end the GOP filibuster on Iraq legislation apparently became too difficult for Reid to achieve, and a compromise could have forced anti-war Democrats to vote on softer goals for troop withdrawal, something staunchly opposed by the party’s base.So Reid has forged ahead with an aggressive list of Iraq proposals, including a key amendment that would place hard timetables on troop withdrawal, shifting the mission in Iraq for U.S. forces from combat to supporting the Iraqi security forces, and completing the deployment. [...]
Comment Posted By Neocon News » “WHERE ARE THE WMD?!†Uh, try Syria and Iran… maybe we should do something about it? On 19.09.2007 @ 14:53