As I remember it

Hey now, let’s not pick on the Dems. I mean, just look at the major issue-of-our-times biggest single problem facing our nation that they have tackled in their first 100 hours- raising the minimum wage. Yup. Their mandate by the American people- as opposed to their individual constituents, who actually voted for them (please ignore Lieberman, as his reelection as an independent over rabid-anti-war candidate Lamont tends to skew the theory)- is to raise the minimum wage. Heh.

True – but that was the prior congressional body.

They sort of have an agenda for such "just do it" reforms – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said, "What we want to do in the first 100 hours is do exactly what we promised the American people that we would do and that we debated over the last six months … taking America in a new direction."

So that’s what makes me wonder. Like you said, they were bitching an moaning about Bush’s speech for increasing our Iraqi presence. It is completely within congress’ power to include as part of their 100-hours-of-sweeping-reforms to can the entire operation. So the sheer fact that they don’t, means the blame really ought to lie with them.

Now I know it’s been discussed before that Iraq was actually not even in the top three reasons voters gave for replacing the congressmen. But the democrats in power sure seemed to make it sound like it was. So as I see it, everyday they do not undo Bush’s operations, is a day they are equivalent to the republicans acquiescence.

The Democrats want a huge military but don’t want to send it anywhere.

The Republicans want a tiny military, but want to send it everywhere.