News of the day: The House Democrats passed a bill last night. From the Associated Press:
Let’s give the do-nothing Democrats a gold star for effort. But the Republicans aren’t worried. The Politico‘s Crypt blog reports:
Bloggers agree with Boehner’s analysis–and think the Democrats are making a foolish mistake. Michelle Malkin has the best coverage, including the latest positive news from Iraq that the Democrats who want to withdraw seemed to have missed. Gateway Pundit calls out the Dems: “It really doesn’t matter how much success we see in Iraq, top democrats are still supporting a US defeat.” Don Surber recalls the Democrats’ previous attempts at ending the war, noting, “I cannot verify who said this first, but insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Macsmind adds, “Holding the troops hostage for political points, THIS is the Democratic Party!” Captain Ed says that this is bad news for the Democrats, who “have played themselves into a checkmate on the Iraq war, and they know it. They can pass all of the 218-203 votes they wish, but they have no chance of altering war policy at this point in time short of completely defunding the war effort — an option they didn’t have the courage to use when they had some Republican support.” Keep on digging yourselves into that hole, Democrats. The Republican party will thank you in 2008.
