It is pretty much impossible to follow Dem politics in the Blogosphere these days without reading Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo. An invaluable site for breaking news from Washington, commentary, and their investigatory site - TPMmuckraker - has unearthed a huge amount of info on Republican shenanigans - kudos to them!
Haven't seen this diaried yet - Reid announces Iraq vote this Saturday:
REID: THE SENATE WILL VOTE ON IRAQ THIS SATURDAY
Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today released the following statement, announcing that the Senate will vote this Saturday on whether to move forward to debate the President’s escalation of the war in Iraq.
"For nearly four years, the Republican-controlled Senate stood silent on the President's flawed Iraq policies and watched as the situation deteriorated into a civil war. The American people have chosen to change course. Democrats have chosen to change course. Unfortunately, Senate Republicans have chosen obstruction. Almost every Republican who expressed concern about the escalation chose to block the Senate from debating the issue.
"Today, Democrats offered Republicans another chance for compromise, suggesting the Senate debate one resolution in favor of escalation and one resolution opposed to escalation. Once again, Senate Republicans refused.
"Democrats are determined to give our troops and the American people the debate they deserve, so the Senate will have another Iraq vote this Saturday. We will move for a clear up or down vote on the House resolution which simply calls on Congress to support the troops and opposes the escalation.
"Those Republicans who have expressed their concern over the Senate’s failure to debate the war in Iraq will have another opportunity to let their actions speak louder than their words."
For those of us who wish to see the US out of Iraq yesterday, no action is ever going to be quick enough. Every step is going to frustrate right until the end. But I think we've come a long way towards shaping public opinion and ending this war; we've had to fight the media's laziness and the Bush crew, who use every gov't power they have to lie and obfuscate the truth. It has been an uphill climb.
Time to enter the home stretch - keep it up Senator Reid!
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