“The advantage of securing a Congressional Declaration of War, is that if a liberal votes for a Declaration of War as per the Constitution, he can’t very well go back after the fact and wail, ‘IT’S BUSH’S FAULT!!’ Hey, buddy — you said ‘WAR’ and you voted for it, capische?”
We still should be able to do so. First of all, everyone knows what the non-declaration declerations mean. Secondly, whatever it is they were voting on, they knew, we knew, and Bush knew were meant to give Bush the green light. Nonetheless, libs will proceed to blame Bush for what happened, and the public will bite or not. Most often bite, since the president asked for it and he is the commander in chief.
Clearly, the Congress did authorize the Use of Force -- no bones about it. But be that as it may, I just think that a straight-up Declaration that "A State of War is formally Declared to exist" simply leaves opponents a lot less wiggle room, IMHO.
Personally, I would consider that to be a good thing.