"This might all be a show. Because I think, at the end of the day, Bush may be the last neoconservative in office. And he seems, to me, to truly believe that this Iraq thing is not just a great idea, but it's actually working. `If you look outside Baghdad things are much better, we just need to get through this hump. Convince the American people to hang in there, and it's all gonna work out.' In other words, all these consultations - I think it may well be a charade. He just wants to double down."
- Fareed Zakaria, The Daily Show, December 12th, 2006
Unfortunately, Fareed Zakaria's prediction has proven correct. President Bush is absolutely willing to ignore the will of the American people. "Stay the course" is alive and kicking in the Oval Office. But what are the Democrats doing?
· Blanche Lincoln's website supports public option (desmoinesdem)
· Big Coal's PR Spending Spree (desmoinesdem)
· IA-03: Former college wrestling coach to challenge Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· Tea Baggers Target Gore... (Cliff Schecter)
· Stimulus Watch (Jerome Armstrong)
· CREW seeks ethics inquiry of Bachmann (desmoinesdem)
· Did IRC help? (MN Campaign Report)
· 5 Worst cities for urban youth (desmoinesdem)
· "The Bishops' Huge Financial Stake in Stupak-Pitts" (desmoinesdem)
· Conservative group wants FEC to override state laws on robocalls (desmoinesdem)
· URGENT: Call these House Ds Saturday to oppose Stupak amendment (desmoinesdem)
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
