On Apr 9, 2007, at 1:07 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> Presumably if there gets to be an elite consensus to bag it then the
> Democrats will fall happily into line. But for whatever reason, the
> factions or components of the American elite that wanted war with
> Iraq are apparently still dominant, and so that's where the Dems, like
> the Repubs, are getting their marching orders.
Maybe I read too many newspapers and other current sources, at the expense of those dispatches filed from beyond time, but the Dems look pretty divided to me. Reid has just come around to a withdrawal deadline, a position he rejected until about five days ago.
Doug