[elfman2]

""This is too serious a matter," he said. Give me a freaking break. This is not serious at all. It's purely political. Screw the Democrats."

That sentence really does stick out doesn't it. Of all the things that the Senate should be doing and the President is doing, the wording of a non-binding resolution of war support shouldn't be seen as "too serious a matter". At least not from our perspective…

I betrays the perspective that Leahy and his party find themselves in: Bush's 80% approval for the longest time of any president ever, both houses in the balance for an election months away, no issue to run on, and now having to repair Daschle's 3rd or 4th PR strike.

Leahy's right! It's a very serious matter for him. {smile}

[monkeyshine]

Exactly. Supporting the boys is a no brainer. The only thing that's serious (for the Democrats) is that they don't want to corner themselves, just in case they need to demagogue the war effort for November.

Lott and the GOP should be body slamming Daschle and Leahy over this.