Senate Vote / Despite What You Have Heard

Hey folks,

Yes, despite what you have heard, there is not a major falling out of Republicans against the President. As a matter of fact, as this vote indicated, there are some Democrats that are not with this whole slapping the President’s hand thing.

Turns out the "test vote," {I’ll leave that alone for now} did not show majority support for the LWL plans at all. The vote was 49-47, or 11 short of the 60 needed to go ahead with debate. As for the NON-Binding resolution? That’s now not so "guaranteed."

If you watched the news, listened to the radio, read the paper, you saw on a daily bases "More and more Republican support of the rebuke of President Bush and ‘his ‘ war in Iraq." "He stands alone in this mis guided war." Blah, blah, blah. Even Sen. Reid is trying to STILL say that. In a classic Liberal way of denying, distorting, or attempting to change reality, he said,

"The president must hear from Congress, so he knows he stands in the wrong place — alone," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

He also said,

"You can run, but you can't hide," Reid said. "We are going to debate Iraq."

Noone is hiding. If the good Senator did the math, 49 opposed, 47 for. That means, mathematics 101, the MAJORITY did not agree with you. Including Sen Lieberman. This would mean, The President, is NOT alone.

"You can run but you can’t hind?" Sounds like he is hunting the President.. OH yeah, they are. As I have been telling you. They are out to get him. Look, the debate will most likely take place. All this vote showed was that it will be a FAIR and HONEST debate. Not a steam rolled slap in the fact of the President in a time of war.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky described the test vote as merely a "bump in the road" and added that GOP lawmakers "welcome the debate and are happy to have it."

He said,

"The Republican side of the aisle is ready for this debate. We're anxious to have it.We're not trying to stop this debate. We're trying to structure it in a way that is fair to all the competing voices."

I thought, and you would too if you believed all the reporting leading up to this, that it was a done deal. That the House and Senate majorities were going to rebuke the President and attempt to force him to bring the troops home. This vote did NOT show this. What it showed is the fact more people understand that this is NOT what the majority of Americans want. They want a change in Iraq. This is EXACTLY what the President is doing.

I do not get why this is such a hard concept for some to understand. Send more troops, get the job done, bring ALL home. It is a pretty simple plan. But they are so bend on losing this war, and playing politics with the lives of our soldiers, they will do anything to adviod winning, with they feel will "Get Bush."

Looks like they are going to have to actually work together with the Republicans, novel concept, if they want to get anything done. Looks like they do not have the power they thought, and will tell you, they have after all.
Peter

Sources:
AP-Republicans block Senate debate on Iraq
AP-Dems: Senate debate on Iraq inevitable
CNN-GOP blocks Senate debate on Iraq resolution