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Democrats’ 50-48 Victory on Iraq Troop Withdrawal
By Lowell | March 28, 2007
Yesterday, the US Senate voted 50-48 to reject a Republican amendment “that would have struck a troop withdrawal plan from emergency military funding legislation.” Voting with the Democrats was Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who has been working more closely with Democrat Jim Webb of Virginia on the Iraq issue, and Republican Gordon Smith of Oregon. Other Republicans voted in lockstep in favor of the amendment. The Washington Post called the vote “a surprise victory…in their bid to force President Bush to end the Iraq war.” Here’s some commentary from the Progressive blogosphere:
*At Daily Kos, Markos says that Senate Majority Leader Harry “Reid did an incredible job of keeping Democrats together.” Kos also provides a list of “Republicans facing tough or potentially tough reelection battles in 2008 [who] just voted to escalate Bush’s war with no accountability.”
*AmericaBlog says that Democrats are “fulfilling the wish of the electorate,” and notes that “one more time, Maine’s Susan Collins proved she is no moderate.”
*Shakespeare’ sSister says that when President Bush issues his veto on the Iraq bill coming to his desk:
…it will be his second, the first being against the bill seeking to expand funding for embryonic stem cell research. Support Bush’s Culture of Life: Just say no to curing diseases and ending wars!
*Matthew Yglesias writes that this “lay[s] the groundwork for a furious spinning battle once Bush vetoes the supplemental.”
*Finally, Connecticut’s My Left Nutmeg points out that “Lieberman voted with the republican warlords once again, of course.” MyLeftNutmeg notes that it is nearly impossible to “make heads nor tails of this gobbledygook Lieberman spews.” Moralistic and extremely annoying gobbledygook, I would add…
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