Democratic Voters Growing Impatient with Congress

from McClatchy Newspapers, via CommonDreams:


Published on Saturday, February 10, 2007 by the McClatchy Newspapers
Democratic Voters Growing Impatient with Congress
by Margaret Talev, Renee Schoof and Steven Thomma

CHICAGO - In Washington, Democrats are blaming Republicans for the Senate's failure so far to vote on a resolution opposing a troop increase in Iraq.

But in the heartland, some voters say such excuses no longer are good enough.

Having banked on the promise that Democrats would force a change of course in Iraq if they won control of Congress, some of the people who helped the Democrats get there are growing impatient.

They're frustrated that Democrats sank so much energy into a nonbinding resolution then dropped the bipartisan plan of Sens. John Warner, R-Va., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., like a hot potato when Republican leaders who support President Bush maneuvered them into a corner.

All the finagling has gotten in the way of a formal debate or vote in the Senate on Bush's plans for Iraq. .......(more)

The complete article is at: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0210-01.htm

Business as usual is our biggest Enemy.

why aren't they voting on something binding? These jokers need to be handed their hats. What purpose do they serve?

First and foremost. I've been calling and writing both my congresscritter and my senators to remind them. The people spoke loud and clear, now it's their job to deliver.

We the people, are the ones congress must listen to, not K-Street. The Democratic Party right now has the golden opportunity to rule DC maybe until the next century. Become the party of the people, not the rich white guys!

Hello!!! Bush is going to bomb Iran ---> bank on it because all the indicators are there.

CONGRESS NEEDS TO STOP THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FROM LAUNCHING WORLD WAR III AND THEY MUST ACT NOW!

If the Republicans want to make things difficult then let them burn. Everyone saw what happened in the November elections. If it was the Democrats slowing things down then the Republicans would be all over it saying that the Democrats are terrorist hugging pansies who want to destroy America. The Democrats should respond in kind, strongly. Don't get bullied anymore. We want them to fight so they should. This isn't the time for political maneuvering. This is the time to take the advantage and run with it and if you can't then go to the press and blast everyone in your path. It is the Republicans who got us here. Time to start yelling that at the top of our collective lungs.

They have an ertswhile majority which has enabled them to set the agenda. However, Johnson is not there to vote and Lieberman is supporting the surge. We must let them do what they can. The House has more power and leverage and seems ready to capitalize on it.