Reply #22: Ah, well, think of those things as negotiation chits [View All]

[Norquist Nemesis]

It was a smart move, IMO. As Rove sends out the blast emails spotlighting the 'pork', they start coming off until it's down to the funding...and one of two dates. Of the two dates, one is binding the other is not. Whether it's the sooner or the later date, I'm betting the non-binding is the key. Through Conference and off to the Prez.

Next...The President calls another press conference surrounded by all of the GOP proclaiming he's vetoed. Blames Democrats. BUT, he can't claim it was because of the pork! And he certainly won't be able to while about 'random dates'...it's non-binding. It was only a few short weeks ago that Bush was completely unconcerned about non-binding resolutions from Congress. Is he all of a sudden going to pick a fight over a non-binding date to reject that funding he says he needs?

Democrats need to hold firm and when Bush vetoes it call him out on it. They gave him everything he said he needed in order to be successful and HE alone made the cut off the funds to the troops.