Kris Schultz

So, we know Friday that 13 Senators voted for a firm timetable of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. Many of us also saw a wonderful performance by Senator Russ Feingold on Meet The Press, where he pointed out the fact that these 13 Senators stand strong with the majority of the U.S. public, who also support a firm timetable of withdrawl. Certainly it seems that the leaders of Iraq want us to go, too. Now we know our own military leaders were proposing pretty much the same thing to the Bush administration but were ignored. How frustrating is all this? How much more do we need to know? Where was the rest of the Senate?

Personally, I'm turning my energies towards expressing gratitude to those 13 Senators who are doing the right thing with their vote last Friday. I've specifically choosen to send a small donation to Senator Dan Akaka, as he is facing a reverse Leiberman/Lamont situation with a DLC/D-in-name-only/pro-Bush/pro-war Ed Case in a primary this September.

I've been saying all along that if as much ink were spent protecting a good incumbent like Akaka, we'd be doing a very good thing.