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Like a lot of battle plans, Senate majority leader Harry Reid's didn't survive contact with the enemy.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Like a lot of battle plans, Senate majority leader Harry Reid's didn't survive contact with the enemy. He wanted his troops to inflict damage on President Bush by voting for a resolution against the surge. That would have been an easy vote for Democrats, since the surge polls poorly. But Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell's forces outmaneuvered Reid. McConnell insisted that Republicans be allowed to offer their own resolution: one opposing any cutoff of funds to our troops already there. That resolution would have divided Democrats. Some of them want to cut off funds, some of them want to wait until the idea becomes more ...

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