Democrats Faltering In Congress

As the result of a year of worthlessness and record-setting abysmally low poll ratings, the Democrats in the House and Senate have finally become unhinged (partly at each other) due to spending and Iraq, two key issues.  Perhaps most amazing is that the MSM is actually reporting on it for a change:


Washington Post:

When Democrats took control of Congress in January, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) pledged to jointly push an ambitious agenda to counter 12 years of Republican control.

Now, as Congress struggles to adjourn for Christmas, relations between House Democrats and their colleagues in the Senate have devolved into finger-pointing.

Wall Street Journal:

Democrats took control of Congress last January promising a "new direction." A year later, the image that haunts them most is one symbolizing no direction at all: gridlock.

Washington Post:

House Democratic leaders yesterday agreed to meet President Bush 's bottom-line spending limit on a sprawling, half-trillion-dollar domestic spending bill, dropping their demands for as much as $22 billion in additional spending...

The agreement signaled that congressional Democrats are ready to give in to many of the White House's demands as they try to finish the session before they break for Christmas -- a political victory for the president, who has refused to compromise on the spending measures.

The Hill:

Senate and House Democrats backed down Wednesday from a spending showdown with President Bush.

USA Today:

[Regarding Iraq,] Congressional Democrats, meanwhile, seem lost in a time warp. They could try to impose new benchmarks that acknowledge the military progress. Instead, too many seem unable or unwilling to admit that President Bush's surge of 30,000 more troops has succeeded beyond their initial predictions.

It's a very Merry Christmas present to Republicans, who seem to be enjoying the bickering immensely!

There's my two cents.