....The White House welcomed the Senate vote. “ (smirk time at the WH)

[rodeodance]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/washington/06cong.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1170752448-eSEH9M5o25n0iPiKwerBuw

......The White House welcomed the Senate vote. “All sides have a right to be heard in this debate, and we support Senator McConnell’s and the Republicans’ right to be able to offer the amendments they want to offer,” said a spokeswoman, Dana Perino.

Senator John Sununu, a Republican of New Hampshire who is also up for re-election next year, acknowledged that voters were likely to be unhappy with the procedural wrangling over an issue as grave as Iraq.

Mr. Sununu, who sided with Republicans, but declined to say whether he would ultimately vote to oppose the Iraq plan, said, “It may come as a surprise to my colleagues, but most voting members of the American public think that the Senate spends all too much time talking and not enough time casting votes.”

[Solly Mack]

1. Translation: We allow the marginalized Congress to have their little

debates and votes, because we want them to play their role so it at least looks like America still has a working government ..and we'll do as we please anyway. Naturally we'll publicly support those in the Senate favoring our position but we want them all to know they have a right to be heard...even if we will never listen. Because that's democracy in action.