Folks, I am very concerned. The Democrats may be, in their craven evaluations, finally realizing that they are funding victory, and that victory could destroy them next year.
They truly face a situation where they must make a choice of funding victory that humiliates them during the campaign, or they cut off funds altogether and risk any backlash about not supporting troops in battle. They may indeed choose the latter. That is a risk of unknown magnitude vs the magnitude of humiliation they are beginning to see is certain as victory in Iraq unfolds.
The GOP can talk about this victory non stop and it may not matter. The Democrats may decide that they dare not fund it because it will cost them the election. How does Hillary respond to an opponent in the debates who turns to her and says
The People Remember Who Pimped Surrender.
The Democrats are terrified of that scenario, and in their little world of contorted mindset, the best interests of the country are served by them staying in power even if it means surrender. They can talk around surrender and blame it all on Bush, but they cannot talk around victory.
They are in trouble, and so are we. We DESPERATELY need another increment of money to secure victory. Their base may not let them give it to us.
Owen,
You captured the democRat predicament quite well. They have successfully painted themselves in a corner. If the country wins, they lose. If the US loses, they lose.
Now their best strategy would be to fund the war to the hilt and encourage another surge to finish the job for 10 years, then they could change the subject to the economy. Berdanke could engineer a recession right here and help the Democrats save face. I doubt they are that intelligent. Idiot traitors could be patriotic and save their own butts.
You nailed it Owen. This is a very dangerous time for our troops. And sad to say, the Dems just might put a full court pork promise press on enough RINOs to win the vote in the senate.
This is when we miss Karl Rove, and Donald Rumsfeld.
The dems convinced enough RINOs to give up the ghost on things like Amnesty, and McCain-Feingold, and the Filibustering rule change ( nuclear option). The Dems are insanely desperate.
The next few weeks will tell which way it will go.
The American sheep,,,I mean voters actually are telling pollsters that they think Democrat are better qualified to deal with the economy and health care then the Republicans. Democrat in the House keep fighting on the issue where the Republicans kick their butts in polling, National Security.
If Democrats would simply shut up about Iraq, the focus of the political campaigns next year would be on the Economy and domestic issues where the sheep think the Democrats are best.
This the danger of having national party policy set by Congressional leadership. They are so blinded by the bubble world consensus of their Congressional Districts they confuse what they are hearing in their little world for “the will of the people”
Actually what might be the “will of the people” in San Francisco isn’t necessarily going to be the will of the people in Anniston Alabama or Norfolk Virgina or Anchorage Alaska. And Control of Congress is dictated by control of a majority of Congressional Districts, not just the few big city dark blue districts.
“The Democrats are terrified of that scenario, .....”
The scenario that these nitwit cowards should be terrified of, is the Civil War they could force us into within our own country.
There really are folks out here that are damn tired of these traitors doing their best to ruin our country.