Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

[OzarkDem]

Pelosi delivers once again. Can someone explain how letting this bill die in the House would have been a bad thing?

House Passes Changes in Eavesdropping Program

The House Democratic leadership had severe reservations about the proposal and an overwhelming majority of Democrats opposed it. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the measure “does violence to the Constitution of the United States.”

But with the Senate already in recess, Democrats confronted the choice of allowing the administration’s bill to reach the floor and be approved mainly by Republicans or letting it die.

If it had stalled, that would have left Democratic lawmakers, long anxious about appearing weak on national security issues, facing an August spent fending off charges from Republicans that they had left Americans exposed to threats.

Despite the political risks, many Democrats argued they should stand firm against the initiative, saying it granted the administration far too much latitude to initiate surveillance without judicial review.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/washington/05nsa.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=login

[lynnertic]

1. That's us!

[Hepburn]

2. We ARE the majority....

...right????

WTF is going on???