TPM makes a handy guide for all the coming Dem initiatives on war

[AnnInLa]

((I think they are now introducing #1. below...at least I see Webb on my tee-vee.))

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jul/09/here_it_is_a_handy_guide_to_coming_democratic_efforts_to_grind_iraq_war_to_halt


Here It Is! A Handy Guide To All The Democrats' Plans To End Iraq War
By Spencer Ackerman | bio

Readers: Here's your Election Central guide to all the possible legislative initiatives to end the Iraq War that are being worked out behind the scenes by Dem Congressional leaders and may be launched in the coming days.

Today Act II of the Democratic Congress' efforts to end the Iraq war kicks off in earnest -- beginning this afternoon, when the defense authorization bill goes to the Senate floor for two weeks of debate.

Democrats intend to turn the measure into a referendum on Iraq by introducing a whole series of Iraq-related amendments to the $650 billion defense bill, which sets Pentagon policy priorities for the next year. Each of these amendments is designed to rein in President Bush's conduct of the war and to force Senate Republicans to take a stand on the war and testing Bush's remaining political capital.

But the sheer amount of legislative initiatives Dems are planning -- and the complexity of the politics and policy details surrounding them -- can sometimes make the whole exercise seem bewilderingly complex. How would each initiative work? What are the prospects for each one's success? What is each one's real political purpose?

[BlooInBloo]

1. Pelosi sucks! Reid is a republican! The Democrats are just as bad as republicans!

If you don't vote for Nader/Sheehan, you're a Nazi!

:rofl:

[aquart]

2. There, there.

[AnnInLa]

3. uh, did you mean to post that in my thread?

I don't get the connection to my post.

[annabanana]

4. (don't worry about it)

It's a silly about some miscellaneous thread-trending around here..