That's a dangerous thing to do in a democracy, .....(stand by your man)

Lets hope they feel the consequences come 08!!


http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/30/schneider.gop/index.html?section=cnn_topstories&eref=yahoo
Despite polls, the GOP stands by their man on Iraq
POSTED: 6:54 p.m. EDT, March 30, 2007

Story Highlights• Poll suggests Americans want troop withdrawal deadline by 2-1 margin
• But by 2-1 margin, polled Republicans say they don't want deadline
• Republicans in Congress stick with the war, for now

From Bill Schneider

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- There's a standoff between Congress and President Bush over Iraq. Whose side are the people on?

By nearly two to one (59 percent to 33 percent in a recent Pew Research Center poll), Americans say they want their representative to vote for a bill setting a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The Pew poll was conducted March 22-25 and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

Democratic leaders say they are listening. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said, "We feel extremely comfortable because we're speaking for the American people, and you should understand what the American people are saying."

Meanwhile, President Bush invited the entire House Republican membership to the White House to back up his threat to veto a bill imposing a deadline for withdrawal. After meeting with Republicans, President Bush said, "We stand united in saying loud and clear that when we've got a troop in harm's way, we expect that troop to be fully funded." (Watch President Bush vow to veto the Senate's war spending bill )

Only two Republicans in the House -- Reps. Wayne Gilchrist, R-Maryland, and Walter Jones, R-North Carolina -- and two in the Senate -- Sens. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, and Gordon Smith, R-Oregon -- voted to support a deadline. Other Republicans are standing with President Bush, despite public opinion. That's a dangerous thing to do in a democracy, as Republicans learned in the election last November.

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