Reply #40: Totally in agreement

[progressive_realist]

They were in a perfect situation to make Bush's veto backfire. By making him veto war funding over and over again, it would have made Bush look like he was undermining the troops with his inflexibility.

There is still a chance for Dem leadership to turn this around in September, but now they have to earn back everyone's trust. "Keeping your powder dry" might be wise, but "striking while the iron is hot" is wiser.

In the popular perception, the Dems' key weakness is precisely that, weakness. All they need to do to regain the public trust is show a little spine. Why is that so hard?