"Anyone Still Think Dems Are Serious About the Iraq War?"

David Sirota:

It's pretty obvious that progressives and the public are being totally shut out of the Senate, and that they are allowing the war to go on - Matt

If anyone still thinks Democrats are even mildly close to respecting the mandate of the 2006 election and close to getting "serious" on the Iraq War, please see this:

"Democrats are considering cutting President Bush's $142 billion budget request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan next year by $20 billion, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad said Thursday." - AP, morning of 3/1/07

VERSUS

"Just hours after floating the idea of cutting $20 billion from President Bush's $142 billion request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad was overruled by fellow Democrats Thursday. 'Our caucus feels strongly that we should go with the president's numbers' on 2008 war costs, Conrad said." - AP, afternoon of 3/1/07

I repeat my earlier assertion that Democrats are not serious about ending the war, or even trying to slow it down. The only thing they seem to be serious about doing is undermining the serious people like Jack Murtha in their midst, and doing a "kabuki dance" with the progressive movement whereby they pretend to be serious only to keep the progressive movement's resources flowing their way. In the process, they are very grossly embarrassing themselves and the people who worked so hard to deliver them a majority.

Update: The latest poll--from Fox no less--shows that a plurality of Americans are in favor of cutting off funding to end the war. Remarkable how such a politically suicidal position is also the most popular position in the country on Iraq.