i just had a crazy thought, but lets say you're a democrat in congress...sorry.
anyhow, let's say you're a democrat in congress, wouldn't it have been tempting and in some sense better to vote FOR the resolution?
I know it sounds crazy, but imagine the headlines the dems would generate.
It's be friggin 24/7. The Mainstream media would engage in a 3 month orgasm.
It's still be defeated, but you as dems would go on record as wanting to end the war.first.
Then, you as a dem would use every death in Iraq as "another dead American, whose blood is on the directly on the hands of the Republican party."(I know its pretty extreme, but i wouldn't put it past these guys)
You as a dem would then focus the 2006 campaign on the war and the economy.
I know it'd be risky as a dem, and you could very well wind up with your @ss on a plate.
Or, you could be the party that ended the "illegal, immoral war".
By voting against ending the war, they have essentially given us at least another year or two to continue the mission.
Who is going to take "anti-War" democrats seriously?
Maybe I'm just crazy, but If I were a Dem trying to steal the spotlight and fire up the base for congressional elections in 2006, it might have been tempting to vote en masse for ending the war in Iraq, "by any means neccessary".
Of course, you'd run the risk of being called a coward and a traitor, but being a democrat, you're probably used to it....hehe.
I think you're right. I am pretty shocked they didn't commit suicide on this vote for a three month media orgasm. I'm sure a lot of them were tempted.
Nice analysis, but I think the reason the dems didn't vote for the resolution is that they KNOW the recent polls (on Americans tiring of the war) are cr*p, and the dems KNOW they have a bad reputation now on defense, and voting to immediately withdraw the troops would just point out to the whole country how untrustworthy they are on national security.
The bigger danger for our creepy rat friends is the Iraq "intervention" being defined as a success. I never cared much about WMD as a reason for becoming a presence in Iraq. I saw it more as a knife in the sternum of the Islamo-loonies. Wheel right, wheel left as necessary.