Both WaPo and WSJ have pieces in today's newspapers about intra-party fighting between House and Senate Democrats. Democrats brought this upon themselves by overestimating their strength and underestimating Republican congressional opposition and President Bush. The intellect of Democratic congressional leaders must be questioned. The likely outcome of nearly every Democrat congressional initiative in the past year has been clear from its beginning. If a leader persists in producing legislation that he or she knows cannot possibly get enacted, that leader's intellect must be questioned. Democrats gain nothing from persistent defeat, which is what they've experienced all year.
Some argue that Democrats are compelled to introduce legislation they know can't be enacted so as to please MoveOn.org and other parts of their base. From news reports, it appears that their base is no happier with them than anyone else. The Democrat leadership needs new blood and a new approach.
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