This Is Going To Rile The Left

Rep. David Obey (D-Wisconsin) caught on video calling anti-war protestors "idiot liberals." This is going to go over well.

The truth is, Obey's loss of control aside, the Democrats don't have the votes or the support to end the war tomorrow. Their majority isn't a large, stable one...especially in the Senate. These things take time. It may take all the political capital the Democrats have and the entire 110th Congress to put the war to an end.

The point is, unlike before January 4, 2007, we're actually looking to end the war, the best way possible, and not just sitting idly by while the President continues a failed strategy. Democrats are putting the country on notice where Congress stands and where the people stand. They don't have the votes to cut the funding, they don't have the consitutional power to strip the President's authority...but they're working on it.

Thank God it's David Obey, a known liberal anti-war Congressman. If this was Ellen Tauscher or Jim Marshall or Joe Lieberman, the party would be on the verge of complete civil war.

To those who want the war to end soon...patience, they're working on it. These things don't happen overnight.