LAT: Democrats united against troop buildup: Bush's plan for Iraq fractures his own party

[DeepModem Mom]

Democrats united against troop buildup
Bush's plan for Iraq fractures his own party. Foes urge withdrawal.
By Noam N. Levey and Nicole Gaouette, Times Staff Writers
January 11, 2007

WASHINGTON — President Bush's plan to send additional troops to Iraq has further united Democrats on Capitol Hill, who nearly unanimously condemned the president's proposals Wednesday night.

Republicans, meanwhile, have splintered in the face of widespread popular discontent over the war and Bush's plans to escalate it.

The congressional reaction Wednesday to the president's prime-time television address underscored how dramatically Bush's proposal has changed the political dynamic in Washington less than a week after Democrats assumed control of the House and Senate.

Emboldened Democrats, who for years struggled to find common ground in challenging the White House, have found a target in the plan and are coalescing around the demand that troops be withdrawn.

And once-united Republicans now face an unpleasant choice: Stand behind a deeply unpopular troop buildup or take on the head of their party....

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-congress11jan11,0,1760440.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[ellisonz]

1. I'm loving this...we're getting our ducks in a row.

And then we go Dick Cheney style hunting against the GOP. Giv'em Hell Nancy and Harry!

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[rodeodance]

2. well. except for Joe L.

[calimary]

3. Yeah, but at the rate things are going now, he may be rendered irrelevant.

Besides, if more republi-CONS keep splintering off from "team bush" (and I just had this vision of those huge chunks of glacier splitting off from Greenland and floating off into the sunset), we may not even need him.