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New Majority Needs to Learn to Break Knees
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02/06/07 07:50 AM ET
Hey, Rove and Bush ain't dead yet. Let's hand it to them for dividing and conquering. In just days, the administration managed to stop serious momentum against the troop increase in Iraq, pulling (OK, perhaps strangling) all Republican senators on board to vote against the Democrats instead. Everyone in the Senate GOP caucus relented, joined of course by Sen. Joe Lieberman (Independent Democrat of Connecticut), except for Sens. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). Even Sens. John Warner (R-Va.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) voted against resolutions they supported. Why? Because the White House is buying time and Republicans were willing to sell it to them.
Sure, there will be more resolutions and, YES, Republicans will ultimately join Democrats and get on the record opposing the Bush administration war strategy. After all, 21 of the 49 Republican senators are up for reelection in '08 and won't want to be caught staying the course. Democrats are charging obstruction — of what? What made it to the spotlight was a Democratic defeat; why is that a good thing for Democrats? Can't they wait until they have the numbers?
The new majority is going to have to learn to work harder to break knees behind closed doors; that's what Bush did, after all.
Sure, there will be more resolutions and, YES, Republicans will ultimately join Democrats and get on the record opposing the Bush administration war strategy. After all, 21 of the 49 Republican senators are up for reelection in '08 and won't want to be caught staying the course. Democrats are charging obstruction — of what? What made it to the spotlight was a Democratic defeat; why is that a good thing for Democrats? Can't they wait until they have the numbers?
The new majority is going to have to learn to work harder to break knees behind closed doors; that's what Bush did, after all.
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