Iraq

It seems Iraq is going to cause problems for the Democrats, today in the Senate a Bill to remove troops by 2008 was defeated by 50 - 48. Two Democrats and Lieberman voted against. As you would expect the NYT tried to mitigate the vote with the following, ' The vote was 50 to 48 against the resolution, but since the senators had agreed that 60 votes would be required for passage the measure fell far short. ' As Lieberman has hinted that he would leave the Democrats should they try and cut funding for the war, in many respects the vote today should please those on the Senate side, they would not want to give up their new offices and power. On the other hand the House will cause them problems, the House is full of Hot Heads on the left who want out of Iraq yesterday. They will push and push and the Senate will have constant problems. Also the President has a Veto power and since Democrats cant get 60 votes to close debate without the Republicans agreement the Senate is like a hung Parliament, waiting for the 2008 Election.

The Politico on the Vote in the Senate Today.

U.S Senate on how the Senate VOTED.