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Democrats Fail Again!
Dare we hope that the Democrats will let the issue rest, for a while at least? I’m not that optimistic, I am just glad that cooler heads have prevailed again. If you haven’t guessed what I’m talking about yet, the latest attempt at a premature pullout from the Iraq War by the Democrats was voted down in a 24 hour marathon session orchestrated to produce an exit from the War:
The 52-47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate and move toward passage. Four Republicans voted with the Democrats, but only one new backer emerged after the 24-hour Democrat-orchestrated talkathon: Susan Collins of Maine who is seeking re-election next year. She joined three previously known Republicans supporting a troop withdrawal plan: Sens. Olympia Snowe of Maine, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Gordon Smith of Oregon. Story
Senate Democrats, as well as those in the House have shown that they have a two part agenda:
· Attack President Bush
· Pull out of Iraq
Despite having the majority in both Houses of Congress, they have been unable to successfully achieve either goal. None-the-less, they keep trying; time after time after time. They clearly have not thought of building any momentum going into the 2008 Presidential election on anything as trivial as a party platform, or built up a list of achievements for their prospective candidates to run on; they continue to spin their wheels in a grotesque recurring nightmare.
