Republicans fear defeat over Iraq

[babylonsister]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9d14ba3c-ffed-11db-8c98-000b5df10621.html

Republicans fear defeat over Iraq

Published: May 11 2007 20:28 | Last updated: May 11 2007 20:28

Talking to Fox News, the conservative broadcaster, on his visit to Baghdad on Thursday, Dick Cheney said: “We didn’t get elected to worry just about the fate of the Republican party. Our mission is to do everything we can to prevail ... against one of the most evil opponents we’ve ever faced.”

Back in Washington Mr Cheney’s Republican colleagues are showing growing irritation with the vice-president’s Iraq war logic. On Tuesday 11 moderate Republican lawmakers warned George W. Bush that their support for his Iraq “surge” was rapidly running out. Tom Davis, a congressman from northern Virginia, told the US president that in one portion of his House district just 5 per cent supported his Iraq strategy.

The same growing unease applies with even greater force to Republicans in the Senate, who hold 21 of the 33 Senate seats that will be contested in next year’s congressional elections. Many Democrats believe that they could improve their narrow 51-49 Senate majority next year to a filibuster-proof 60 seats or more.

Such is the Democratic party’s confidence that some Democrats are talking of bringing about the same kind of splits in the Republican party that so damaged their own party’s electoral fortunes following the Vietnam war a generation ago. “There are a lot of people on the Republican side who are not happy with the situation,” said Trent Lott, a normally hardline Republican Senate leader.

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[brentspeak]

1. Maybe they should care more about the human costs of the war

instead of the political costs to themselves.

[babylonsister]

2. That would be a novel idea for them, apparently. Good point. nt

[Mz Pip]

3. Poor Dick

He's actually convinced himself that the Repugs are the only people on the whole fucking planet who can fight terrorism and protect this country. No wonder he's afraid. The Repugs are toast and he will leave this administration quivering in his boots.

Poor baby.

I believe the Democrats have a much more effective and comprehensive attitude toward terrorism. We may very well have to deal with this for a long time, but have no fear Dick. Sane people will soon be in charge and I for one, will rest much easier when that happens.

Mz Pip
:dem: