Reply #142: Correction: we HAD a task before us

[jgraz]

And the Dem leadership pissed away all of their leverage.

"It's the republican holdouts who deserve our total attention"

My senators and representative are Democrats (or ^airquoteDemocrats^airquote in Fein$tein's case), so I'll focus on them if that's OK with you.

"those in our party already committed to ending the occupation"

Really? Do you really think Pelosi and Reid are committed to ending the occupation? Or are they committed to blaming the occupation on Bush so they can grab the White House in 2008?

"Legislating an end date in veto-proof legislation is the ONLY way Bush will move off of his occupation"

So let me get this straight. You contend that Bush would ignore a cut-off of funds and leave the troops in the field, but he'll respect a bill passed by Congress to end the war? How does that make sense?