Dems need to continue saying ‘No’
Christy at FDL is right — there are benefits when the Democrats show a little spine. Ted Olson was George Bush’s first choice to be Gonzales replacement, but Harry Reid said no, and it worked.
Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general, was said to be a White House favorite for the post. But talk of his possible nomination provoked a preemptive strike from Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), who threatened that Senate Democrats would block the nomination.
That may have doomed Olson’s prospects to replace Gonzales, according to several conservatives who talked to Washington Post reporters Michael Abramowitz and Dan Eggen over the weekend. One insider said that in spite of his outstanding legal credentials, Olson, who represented Bush in the Supreme Court fight over the contested 2000 election, would be seen by senators voting on his confirmation as “very political.”
The Dems need to take the same position on Iraq and quit worrying about the ludicrous accusations that will come from Bush-Cheney and the paltry 15% of the people that support the War Mongers.
Apparently the message is starting to sink into some — hopefully John Edwards’ response to Bush’s speech Thursday night stirred up a little dust inside the Beltway. Barack Obama said this weekend he would not vote for any war-funding bills that did not include a timeline for troop withdrawal. I believe Hillary Clinton committed to do the same over the weekend, but I cannot remember where I read it at the moment.
Time has proven George Bush and Dick Cheney will fight to the bitter end. They need to encounter the same resolve from the Dems.
No timeline, no funding, no excuses.
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