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Testing Time for Democrats
Washington Post via Real Clear Politics ^ | March 06, 2007 | E. J. Dionne

Posted on 03/06/2007 5:13:07 PM PST by gpapa

WASHINGTON -- The story of the new Congress is actually two stories. Democratic leaders and their grass-roots supporters will decide in the coming days which narrative will prevail.

In January, Democrats dominated the news, the public agenda and the Republicans. In the last weeks of February, the Republicans came back -- not by offering grand proposals but by using the limited tools they have to prove that Democrats don't have enough power, yet, to end the war in Iraq.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; iraq; testing; time

1 posted on 03/06/2007 5:13:10 PM PST by gpapa
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To: gpapa
Democrats don't have enough power, yet, to force the US to lose end the war in Iraq

There, fixed that...

2 posted on 03/06/2007 6:46:47 PM PST by piytar
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