The Republicans Are In Serious Trouble

Yesterday, Murtha gave the House Republicans a golden opportunity to distance themselves somewhat from Bush's failed policy in Iraq. The House Republicans could have just sent a resolution to the Bush White House that they wanted an end-game strategy for leaving Iraq. With this war growing more and more unpopular with the American people and House Republicans facing re-election next year, voting for Murtha's resolution would have given them a nice cover story to take home to their constituents.

Instead, they all went on record as being gung-ho about Bush's policy. They have tied their fate to this war and this president's handling of this war. If we are still taking heavy casualties next year at this time and we are still fighting, then the American people will revolt against the Republicans.

Almost every Democratic congressman is now on record as voting for the war too.

Big difference. Anyway, the ball is rolling...............

Not open-ended troop deployment to Iraq. If the American people are stupid enough to not understand the difference, then I'm moving to Canada.

morning. What they voted against was an IMMEDIATE pullout. But, you knew that already.

They did not go on record voting for war. That is insane! That is what the republicans would like for you to believe. They voted not to pull out immediately, which is what the republican bill required.
It backfired on them. It was their bill that was defeated, not ours.

very good political assessment.

I don't care as long as it isn't in my back yard....

From the population, because they were being flooded with a bunch of letters, faxes, emails, and calls from their fanatic fan club that only makes up a pimple on America's ass?

By listening to this small lunatic puss pocket that makes a lot of noise, they were deaf to a massive majority of the population.

It also seems like the Republicans are trying to re-fight the Vietnam War, instead of learning from the mistakes. There was a Republican Congressman who ranted that this was the same as those who wanted an end to the Vietnam War and even mentioned a "domino effect" to the Middle East. For Christ's sake, Republicans need some serious help with their mental disorders.

They blindly follow Bush even when he's dead wrong. In their RW radio talk show mindset, critical thinking is a sign of weakness.