"That Republicans won this encounter should have been clear to everyone"
In the U.S. Senate, defeat for the Democrats:
What prompted Senate majority leader Harry Reid to think he could outmaneuver Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell on which Iraq war resolutions would be voted on is anybody’s guess. Reid never had a chance, and he lost badly.
Sen. McConnell is well on his way to proving himself a fearsome opposition leader.
If you listened to Harry Reid after his derailing last week by McConnell, you know Reid’s frustration was palpable:
If, as he says, “there can be no military solution” to the war in Iraq, why doesn’t Sen. Reid insist on a vote to cut off funding for the troops? Why pay for the insoluble? Isn’t it the whole war, and not just the surge, that Democrats are against? Why not get to the heart of the matter? Call for a vote to cut off funding, senator. While I cannot officially speak for my party’s congressional leadership, I’m certain Sen. McConnell would allow that vote to proceed.
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