Democrats drop push for immediate withdrawal in apparent effort to blame Republicans

Democrats drop push for immediate withdrawal in apparent effort to blame Republicans
Nick Juliano
Published: Wednesday September 19, 2007


Unable to attract enough war-weary Republicans, Senate Democrats are abandoning calls for a full withdrawal of US troops from Iraq as the chamber resumes debating the war this week.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Democrats will push for a deadline of June 2008 and make a "stronger effort" to cut off war funding rather than calling for an immediate withdrawal to begin, according to an article in Wednesday's Washington Post.

"It's all definite timelines," Reid said.

The move appears part of a political maneuver by Reid, who, speaking to reporters Tuesday, indicated he wouldn't allow Bush 'wiggle-room,' by bringing forth an amendment by Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) whose bill calls for end of combat by summer 2008.

Democrats are not believed to have the support for such a measure -- and as such appear to be putting forth doomed proposals to shift responsibility for the war's success or failure onto Republicans.

"I think they've decided definitely they want this to be the Senate Republicans' war, not just Bush's," Reid said. "They're jealous."


Rest of article at: http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Democrats_drop_Iraq_withdrawal_push_0919.html

What is rawstory talking about? The Dems are done compromising and they are unhappy?

... has some serious logic problems. It does not make any sense and it contradicts the content of the article, not to mention what Reid, Levin, etc. have said.