By Dan Balz and Shailagh Murray, Washington Post
March 14, 2007
With a war in Iraq rapidly escalating with no end in sight and new problems with President Bush’s attorney general, Republicans both in Washington and hitting the campaign trail face a crucial political moment – to stick with the President and possibly lose voter support, or step away from the administration’s policies and lose party support. Today, the decision becomes of paramount as the Senate will begin debate today as to whether a deadline of March 31, 2008 is a viable date to remove troops from Iraq. According to a Republican former congressman, the right is having a tough time because they don’t feel that the policy is wrong while it is killing them politically. He did, however, acknowledge that a choice of Republican presidential nominee would be critical because that person could not be indifferent to the current mood of Americans. A situation like that could result in a nasty election for the Republicans in 2008. Some Republicans have grown tired of the battles in congress with Democrats because of the insistence to stick with Bush’s policy on Iraq, and not work for what the voters desire. This quagmire is definitely hurting the Republican party, however, its also a major issue for the democracy in America in general, as the elected officials are not necessarily working for their constituents, but rather for themselves.
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If our representation would of listened to us at all we would have pulled out a long time ago Bush and his administrations I don't think our doing that well at all in controlling this problem instead it is spreading across the country. The U.S. may have thought this was a good decision in the beginning but im sure people are thinking differently now.
I see how you think it can be considered to hurt the republican party, but aas you said it is more a stab at democracy, its a tough position to be in to say the least.
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