Tuesday, May 22, 2007

War Spending

Looks like they're still haggling over the War Appropriations bill in Congress. Positive sign? Perhaps. There's good reading just head; a great summary of what some talented writers are saying:


Stalled?



Yesterday an Associated Press story said, in effect, the Dems were capitulating to Bush’s demands for a condition-free Iraq appropriation bill. I didn’t comment on it because I noticed there was no corroboration from other news sources, which made me think the story was inaccurate. Sure enough; the AP jumped the gun a tad. Today Carl [...]



UPDATE:  Just a bit later, we find this:


Dodd and Feingold Fighting The Good Fight On Iraq


UPDATE 2: The liberal bloggers ain't happy:


CNN: Dems to give Bush blank check on Iraq



Sorry, but that's exactly what it is. More from CNN. In my view, they blustered and they blinked. Yeah, it's nice that the Dems attached the minimum wage, and I'm happy about that, but that's not really the point is it? We're in a war that is [...]




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