‘Frustration Over Iraq Could Lead to Dem Primary Challenges”

[Me.]

The point the dems seem to be missing is that unless they act for change they are no more use to us than the republicons. That combined with the fact that we never expected the cons to help us but trusted that the sems would males it something of a woman scorned scenario.


“Anti-war forces, angered over Congressional failure to bring an end to the Iraq war, are gearing up to run primary challenges against Democratic incumbents who support the Bush administration.

Frustration with the Democratic leadership of the House and Senate reached new heights with the appearance of stories describing Democrats' growing willingness to compromise on Iraq legislation, including "Democrats Retreat On War End" in The Politico and "Democrats Newly Willing to Compromise on Iraq" in the New York Times.

MoveOn, which spent a total of $28.1 million in the 2005-6 election cycle, sent out a survey to its 3.3 million members noting:

"Hundreds of thousands of us worked to get Democratic majorities elected. So why don't they have the votes? One reason is that there are a set of weak Democrats who side with the president--especially on Iraq. They're too scared to fight for what's right and what they were elected to fight for.” Cont…

ttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/07/frustration-over-iraq-cou_n_63463.html