Serious Democratic Beef? Or Little Soggy Patties?

So the 100 hours have passed - in fact an entire month has passed. Is the new Democratic Congress proceeding as you thought they would?

the whole ballgame right now is "whose war is it and who gets the blame".

so far, bush owns it. absolutely everything being done by the right is focussed on getting bush off the hook. if bush can't wiggle free, republicans take a bath in 2008. if you're Hillary, you say things like "he should end his war before he leaves office". what you don't say is that the war should end now. and that's too bad. it makes the goal the election and not ending the war.

I'm for immediate withdrawal from Iraq. remaining there at this point is unconscionable. having said that, I've liked the non-binding approach AS A STARTING POINT. while some have mocked it, and I understand the sentiment, I think it's going to strengthen the Democrats' hand AS LONG AS they then are willing to take the next step which is to cut-off funding for the war. it will give them more leverage if they have many republicans on record saying bush's escalation is wrong. and it will help indemnify them from allegations that the Democrats don't have a plan. if republicans have already rejected bush's "plan", i.e. his surge, then those republicans have no plan either.

right now, bush is blamed for the whole mess; not the Democrats. once the Democrats intervene, however, and i hope they do, they then will have at least some "ownership" of what happens next. the challenge is to take control without becoming more vulnerable to the right-wing propaganda. the non-binding approach, again, as a starting point, is a good way to do that.

so, i guess to answer your question about beef or soggy patties is that it's way too soon to tell ...