The Democratic Congress & The War

3:53 am EST March 2nd, 2007 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

I certainly am for the vast majority of legislation finally coming through the House and Senate – minimum wage, college loans, etc. But on the seminal issue of our time the question is:

* Major failure?
* Complete failure?

Yes, there’s opposition from the White House and the minority in the Senate, but then again my ears bleed every time I hear panty-waist language like “non-binding”. Having the House and Senate don’t really help if you’re not going to do anything with it on the issue. (see Daschle, Tom)

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5 Responses to “The Democratic Congress & The War”

  1. JWG says:
    March 2, 2007 at 8:37 am

    You mean the candidates were just saying what everyone wanted to hear in order to get elected?

    They wouldn’t do that, would they?

  2. brif says:
    March 2, 2007 at 10:26 am

    well oliver, other than cutting off funding, what would you have congress do?

  3. Oliver Willis says:
    March 2, 2007 at 11:27 am

    Well they’re not even doing that. And I think a lot of the candidates would like to make more aggressive move, but the leadership is once again being cautious to the point of inaction.

  4. jerry says:
    March 2, 2007 at 11:57 am

    Oliver, have you seen this?

    It reminds me a bit of Schoolhouse Rock:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-FcX0tVf7E

  5. myer leonard says:
    March 9, 2007 at 12:58 pm

    I recently perused a list that you had published of extracts from the letters of leading Democrats urging Pres.Bush to invade or wage war on Saddam.
    I am unable presently to find the page ..would you be kind enough to direct me please.
    perhaps age is taking its toll!