L.A. Times:
Scrambling to send President Bush an emergency war spending bill he will sign, Democratic leaders have decided to drop their insistence on a timeline for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq.
The move -- which comes just days after senior Democrats insisted that White House officials should support non-binding timelines -- is a significant concession to the president and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill, who steadfastly have rejected any dates for bringing U.S. troops home.
But it reflects the simple mathematics of a closely divided Congress in which Democrats cannot muster veto-proof majorities for any proposal that would compel a pullout.
That's the Democratic party in a nutshell. Eventually, they'll always disappoint you by chickening out. They had Bush's back against the wall and they cave?
Pathetic...
