Just a reminder

Andgarden notes Rahm Emanuel's appearance on Real Time this weekend, wherein he's called upon to address the question of "defunding" the "war" in "Iraq."

I note this:

MAHER: Now, President Bush has asked for another, I think, around $200 billion to keep the war going. Okay, and I hear all the time-

EMANUEL: This would be - make it $680 billion.

MAHER: Okay.

Reports are that the supplemental may be put off for a while, which is sort of good news. Of course, it might be getting backed up so that it's not on the record of any presidential candidates before the first flurry of primaries, which at this point in the ever-quickening schedule, may have decided the whole mess before anyone has to stake out a position on the Iraq money, which is not such good news if you're scoring accountability at home rather than political expediency.

But hey, the world's political.

Meanwhile, back to our show:

EMANUEL: This would be - make it $680 billion.

Just for the record, this next $200 billion goes with the $90 or so in the infamous May '06 supplemental, meaning nearly $300 billion of the $680 or so comes on the Democratic watch. One year under Dems, $300 billion. Four years under Republicans, $480 billion $380 billion. [Sorry. Government Math malfunction. Makes story worse than expected.]

$180 billion $80 billion is nothing to sneeze at, of course. But that's the thin line separating the Republican's controlling interest in funding this nonsense versus the Democratic share.

That's one half a supplemental bill's difference, the way things are going.

Please make a note of it.