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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Powerclown...I agree that the Democrats have a bigger tent then the Republicans and encourage debate among themselves.
But you continue to ignore the fact that 219 (out of 238) Dems in the House and all 51 Dems in the Senate signed on to a bill that was sent to the President...with a plan that is as equally, if nor more coherent than "surge and staty the course" plan that has shown NO measurable evidence of success in the last 3 years.
A majority of the House and Senate and an even greater majority of the American people support a phased redeployment plan (not to mention the majority of the Iraq parliament and the Iraqi people), but the current political enviroment makes that impossible.
Politics, indeed, works in funny (or tragic) ways.
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I think if the Dems took a unified stand on a timetable for withdrawal, and pushed the issue much more aggressively, things would change. More and more Repubs would start abandoning Bush, and the force of public opinion would get things passed in congress. I'm not convinced the Dems *want* this war stopped.