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Dems split on the war

The Surge is working. The initial success on the field by the American army is splitting the Democratic caucus in the House between those who want to Lose At Any Cost and the Weathervanes Who Follow The Polls.

Those polls are bad. Only 3% of Americans approve of the Democratic Congress’s handling of the war. Bush is at 24% in this category. Overall, Bush has better poll numbers than the Democratic Congress.

Rank-and-file Democrats already are worrying about the fate of all incumbents in 2008. They see the shift in public support. 42% now think the war was a good idea, up from 35% in May. These Democrats are tacking back.

The Rabid Dog Democrats see it too, and are upping the ante to out now. They must strike while the iron is tepid. If they wait till September, their surrender will be surrendered.

Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan said as much to the Detroit Free Press:

For Levin, the Detroit Democrat who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, it would be too little, too late, even if the Iraqis returned from their August recess with “a different attitude” and began working toward benchmarks including regional elections, disbanding militias and other actions.

“That’s not enough for me,” he said.

Levin wants us to lose because that helps further his political ambitions. He supports the troops’ surrender.

A bill to demand a redeployment plan from the president was killed in the House not by Republicans — 24 signed on — but by the Rabid Dogs, who demand an immediate surrender, The Hill reported:

“It takes us backwards,” said Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), an Out of Iraq caucus leader. “If Democrats want to give Republicans votes to go home with when they’ve done nothing to redeploy our troops, that’s bad.”

They would not be satisfied if we built a Time Machine and got the troops out yesterday.

Democrats took over Congress last fall by promising not to screw with Iraqi funding and not to demand a surrender. That is the battle plan that Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Plurality Leader Harry Reid, also a Democrat, have adopted.

I do admire their gumption. Faced with the prospect of their position melting away, they up their demands. If only they fought as hard to win the war, as they do to force a surrender.

They know that they must surrender in July because in September, Gen. Petraeus may have good news for the nation — and that would be bad news for the Democratic Party. I didn’t say that. Democratic House Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina did.

UPDATE: Sister Toldjah has more.

Instapundit linked. Thanks!

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/2007/08/02/dems-split-on-the-war/