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"TGD: maybe they've finally gotten a clue?"

http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/451481.html

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"Democrats shifting to domestic focus Divided on Iraq, party sets agenda WASHINGTON - Unable to agree on a strategy for addressing the Iraq war, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate on Friday tried to change the subject, retreating to the domestic front with a focus on pocketbook issues for the middle- and working-class voters. They pledged that if voters return their party to the majority in the November midterm elections, they will: * Raise the federal minimum wage, from $5.15 per hour to $7.25. * Cut in half the interest rates on student loans and make college tuition tax-deductible. * Instruct the federal government to negotiate lower prescription drug costs with pharmaceutical companies. * Pass legislation that could discourage oil companies from raising prices. * Prevent privatization of Social Security. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, along with their respective whips, Rep. Steny Hoyer and Sen. Dick Durbin, made their pitch at a morning news conference at the Capitol, shortly before the House voted against a resolution opposing any timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. But the war resolution, and the debate this week leading up to it, have exposed deep divisions with the Democratic Party over what military course to pursue in Iraq. At a liberal gathering at the start of the week, some war opponents booed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2008, when she said she opposes setting a specific date for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the party's 2004 nominee who spoke at the same liberal conference, said a timetable for withdrawal was needed. To regain control of Congress, Democrats would need to gain six Senate seats and 15 House seats -- a feat analysts have said is not impossible but that would be difficult. When voters were asked in a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll released this week which congressional candidate they planned to vote for in their own district this year, 33 percent said the Republican, 46 percent said the Democrat and 20 percent said they are unsure. But for Democrats, particularly those running in moderate districts, their party's image on the war could prove a liability regardless of their personal stances. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner."

6/17/2006 4:49:55 PM

That's a good strategy because the Iraq war won't be an issue at all in the next three years.

6/17/2006 6:59:55 PM