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The Democrats are still hard at work trying to lose the Iraq War.(The Week)(Brief article)
The Democrats are still hard at work trying to lose the Iraq War. The House passed a supplemental that would have split war funding into two parts, with the second chunk contingent on a vote in July. So al-Qaeda would have had an incentive to step up its attacks before the next vote, and money for important repairs and procurement would have been delayed. The two-part approach was, fortunately, dead on arrival in the Senate; but Democrats there, unfortunately, are insisting that funding come with benchmarks for Iraqi political progress and consequences if these benchmarks are not met. We think the White House should be ...
- An anti-war centre begins to hold; The Democrats and Iraq.(The Democrats and...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) August 12, 2006 700+ words
...Lieberman doctrine struck Democrats as self-defeating...that opponents of the Iraq war are inviting an attack...soon go after other Democrats. The bloggers' conviction...drifting against the Iraq war. Attitudes still break...keener on the war than Democrats (see table on ...
- Bush rips Iraq war critics; Says Democrats' 'false charges' hurt troop...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 12, 2005 700+ words
...intelligence to justify the Iraq war, saying such "false...direct rebuke of Democrats on the issue of prewar...Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat. He called Mr...the run-up to the Iraq war." White House spokesman...policy speech."Some Democrats and anti-war critics...
- EDITORIAL: Empty gesture: Democrats' resolution on Bush's Iraq war policy is...
- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) February 15, 2007 700+ words
Feb. 15--Democrats opposed to the Iraq war want it both ways. Their nonbinding...years of GOP control, House Democrats don't seem to know what to...a meaningful debate on the Iraq war, the Democrats should be discussing the option...
- Senate majority leader Harry Reid made the mistake of saying what he and most...
- Magazine article from: National Review May 14, 2007 700+ words
...of saying what he and most Democrats believe about the Iraq War--that it's lost. The...still considered impolitic, so Democrats have been backing-and-filling...that Reid believes the current Iraq War is lost, but that some fantasy...
- Democrats seek balance on Iraq war: Lawmakers debate funds, authorization.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 28, 2007 700+ words
...measures, congressional Democrats should have the political...at their backs on the Iraq war. They swept to power...troops home. Instead, Democrats in the House and Senate...strike a balance that most Democrats, and perhaps some Republicans...
- Iraq war debated in House: Democrats push measure stating disapproval of troop...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 14, 2007 700+ words
...additional combat troops to Iraq as Democrats pushed a resolution that would...troops in the field. Both Democrats and Republicans stood on the...a freshman congressman and Iraq war veteran, said he had witnessed...wrong." But Republicans said Democrats were being shortsighted with...
- Democrats split over Iraq war funding; They're seeking to sway Bush's war...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor March 2, 2007 700+ words
...with a big antiwar mandate, Democrats are scrambling to find a way...Moreover, the focus on Democrats is misplaced, he adds. The...and earliest critics of the Iraq war. "The Congress has consistently...unquestioning." Meanwhile, Senate Democrats are as deeply divided as their...
- Democrats hit speech on Iraq war as 'vague'.(PAGE ONE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 8, 2005 700+ words
...joined a number of Democrats who have sharply...Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat. Mr. Murtha wants...Pelosi, California Democrat, endorsed the quick...terrorists. With Democrats gearing up to make the Iraq war a major theme in...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Democrats are still hard at work trying to lose the Iraq War.(The...