Reid Surrenders, Betraying the Voters

clipmarks on May 23rd, 2007 filed in Politics

Harry Reid, Senate. Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times
In the face of strong criticism from antiwar Democrats, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, defended the compromise as “great progress.”

Democrats said they did not relish the prospect of leaving Washington for a Memorial Day break — the second recess since the financing fight began — and leaving themselves vulnerable to White House attacks that they were again on vacation while the troops were wanting. That criticism seemed more politically threatening to them than the anger Democrats knew they would draw from the left by bowing to Mr. Bush.

Clipped from www.nytimes.com

Scared of being called names by a man who lacks ethics? They fear Bush more than they fear losing support from the people who put them into office.

Tsk, tsk… who do you represent?

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