When Senator John Kerry was their presidential nominee in 2004, Democrats fervently wished he would express himself firmly about the Iraq war."Some" people make me crazy. Give me a name. Give "some" an identity so it doesn't sound like this reporter is pulling them out of her hat and just adding to the story.
Mr. Kerry has found his resolve. But it has not made his fellow Democrats any happier. They fear the latest evolution of Mr. Kerry's views on Iraq may now complicate their hopes of taking back a majority in Congress in 2006.
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Senate Democrats have been loath to express their opinions publicly, determined to emphasize a united front. But interviews suggest a frustration with Mr. Kerry, never popular among the caucus, and still unpopular among many Democrats for failing to defeat a president they considered vulnerable. Privately, some of his Democratic peers complain that he is too focused on the next presidential campaign.
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Some Democrats felt Mr. Kerry allowed Republicans to embarrass them in a vote last week, when the Republicans embraced Mr. Kerry's proposal, certain it would be defeated and allow them to declare themselves the party of unity and strength. [Emphasis added.]
This alleged internal debate between Democrats already makes the Republicans look smug, in spite of the fact that they are all too happy to march in lockstep over the cliff with the administration. Their mantra is, "It really doesn't matter if we've royally screwed up everything we've touched; the important thing is that we did it together, as one united party, all drinking the Kool-Aid out of the same cup. Wouldn't you really rather have us in charge so we can keep on doing it?"
It also conveniently masks the fact that the Republicans have no plan for Iraq other than to keep pouring money into it and waiting fervently for January 21, 2009 when it will become some other president's problem. That's their own version of "cutting and running."
