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November 18, 2005
Rubber, meet road
Via Drudge and Daily Kos - Hotline Blog is reporting there will be a HOR vote this evening on the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.
According to HB, "Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) rose this a.m. at the House GOP Conference and suggested that they call for a vote to force Dems to show "where they stand to the American people"....Hayworth's call was met with what VanHoose described as "enthusiastic applause" from the rank-and-file GOP." Kos demonstrates why: liberals don't want to take a stand. "...[T]he smartest thing to do would probably be to simply disappear for the vote," Kos says. "A 218-0 vote would be pretty useless as a political weapon for the GOP. No need to give them the satisfaction of a vote."
So let me get this straight - Kos wants Dems to cut and run from a vote on whether to cut and run from Iraq? This vote should prove fascinating, although I have to imagine Dems would seriously consider the response Kos suggests. Their best bet is to downplay the vote as unserious gamesmanship. In the end I think it's a brilliant move that could end up shutting down the withdrawal rhetoric, at least for a while. It will also give the White House a chance to re-take the reins on Iraq.
UPDATE: Watch the debate here.
Posted by bill at November 18, 2005 04:17 PM
