Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pledged yesterday to take new actions to begin withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq, “ending the silence that followed the White House’s outmaneuvering of Democrats last month” to pass an war spending bill with no timeline.
“They’ve been driving this debate very well,” Mr. Reid said later, speaking of the bloggers who have been pushing for Congress to end the war. “I understand their disappointment. We raised the bar too high.”
It has been nearly three weeks since Democrats have held a formal Iraq debate or voted on an Iraq proposal in the House or Senate. Not since they assumed the majority in January has there been such a lull. During the three weeks, Congressional approval ratings have fallen, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she knew why.
“It’s the war, I believe so, it’s the war,” Ms. Pelosi said in a brief interview on Wednesday. “In terms of the issue that the American people want to have resolved, the war is three or four times higher than any other issue.”
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