Today, In Washington
John Kerry’s announcement that he will not seek the 2008 Democratic nomination probably brought him more headlines across the Internet and blogosphere than anything else in the last few months. I can’t help but feel a pang of regret for the man, who came so close yet so far away.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a non-binding resolution condemning the so-called surge. The measure is a bi-partisan bill, co-sponsored by venerable Republican Olympia Snowe and is an attempt to put Republicans in a political awkward spot, giving them the choice between defying the public opinion polls or defying the increasingly lame-duck Presidency of G.W. Bush. Some, like Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee found ways to weasel out of the bind, saying “he could not support the resolution because it was not binding on Bush and "will have absolutely zero affect on the administration." But Corker said he was ‘not persuaded’ the troop surge is ‘the right thing to do.’”
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a non-binding resolution condemning the so-called surge. The measure is a bi-partisan bill, co-sponsored by venerable Republican Olympia Snowe and is an attempt to put Republicans in a political awkward spot, giving them the choice between defying the public opinion polls or defying the increasingly lame-duck Presidency of G.W. Bush. Some, like Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee found ways to weasel out of the bind, saying “he could not support the resolution because it was not binding on Bush and "will have absolutely zero affect on the administration." But Corker said he was ‘not persuaded’ the troop surge is ‘the right thing to do.’”
