Check out arch-Democrat E.J. Dione's piece on the Democratic Congress.
Democrats in Congress are discovering what it's like to live in the worst of all possible worlds. They are condemned for selling out to President Bush, and for failing to make compromises aimed at getting things done. Democrats complain that this is unfair and, in some sense, it is. But who said that politics was fair?
Not me! And then there is this by VandeHei and Harris at the Politico:
As the congressional session lurches toward a close, Democrats are confronting some demoralizing arithmetic on Iraq. The numbers tell a story of political and substantive paralysis more starkly than most members are willing to acknowledge, perhaps even to themselves.
Since taking the majority, they have forced 40 votes on bills limiting President Bush’s war policy. Only one of those has passed both chambers, even though both are run by Democrats. That one was vetoed by Bush.
Indeed, the only war legislation enacted during this Congress has been to give the president exactly what he wants, and exactly what he has had for the past five years: more money, with no limitations.
Why are the Democrats being boxed in by this lame duck President? You will learn that in my next piece in the Aberdeen American News.
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