Democrats not walking in lockstep, OH MY!

Commenting on profmarcus' post below. True to form, the authors had to get Dean's Iowa scream into the article by the third paragraph. Must not let anyone think that he is anything but a madman!

Not only did she back a position that polls show most Americans do not support,

Uh, excuse me? The polls show just the opposite.

. . .a top strategist to House Democrats, who requested anonymity to speak freely about influential party leaders.

Oh lord. I hear from people like this all the time. Ready, willing and able to to tell me just what I and the rest of the Democratic Party are doing wrong, but unwilling to do anything but throw stones.

Snippet from the article:

What I want Democrats to be discussing is what the president's policies have led to," Emanuel said. He added that once discussion turns to a formal timeline for troop withdrawals, "the how and when gets buried" and many voters take away only an impression that Democrats favor retreat.

Well Rahm...time to get to work and explain our position. And no one is saying cut and run. Did you even READ Murtha's resolution?

GAWD!!

More:

While the party is divided over the specifics of Iraq policy, most Democratic legislators are slowly coalescing around a political plan, according to lawmakers and party operatives. This would involve setting a broad time frame for drawing down U.S. troops, starting with National Guard and reserve units, internationalizing the reconstruction effort, and blaming Bush for misleading the country into a war without a victory plan.

The aim is to provide the party enough maneuvering room to allow Democrats to adjust their position as conditions in Iraq change -- and fix public attention mostly on Bush's policies rather the details of a Democratic alternative. A new Time magazine poll found 60 percent of those surveyed disapproved of Bush's handling of Iraq.

Okay...this sounds like the Democrats actually are doing something. Of course, this is buried in the article, you know, the fact that Democrats ARE working together to come up with a workable plan. Uh uh, oh no, that doesn't fit the meme that "Democrats are in disarray...and they are a bunch of hopeless losers."

This quote should have been in paragraph two, not the last one in the article.

Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Tex.), who represents a district Bush won easily in 2004, said he disagrees with Pelosi and Dean but does not see that as a problem. "The national press is playing up the fact that Democrats do not speak with one voice on Iraq," he said. "We should wear it as a badge of honor because it shows we are not playing a political line with war and peace."

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