GOP Playing Lucy to the Dems Charlie Brown

Remember the good old days? For the Dems, that was about two weeks ago when they thought they had the world on a string and the GOP on the ropes. Then al-Zarqawi met the virgins, Bush visited Iraq, the economy roared, the Senate and House rejected Iraq cut-and-run proposals, and John Murtha opened his big mouth yet again. Now it's the GOP on the rise and the Dems who are clearly in disarray.

The Note talks today about the total lack of unity on the part of the Dems when it comes to Iraq, and the potentially devastating effect it's having on Nancy Pelosi's decorating plans for the Speaker's office:

Could it be that the Democrats' inability to come up with a consensus "anti-war" position is more of a midterm problem for them than HarrietMiersDubaideficits -Katrinaearmarksimmigrationgasprices is for the Republicans?

After all the private meetings (including just endless ones in the Senate caucus), Democrats remain united in their disunity, defensiveness, and distraction.

Tucker Eskew's Third Rule of American Politics is this: If you are spending time denying your opponent's accusations repeating your opponent's own words in your denials, you are losing.

Today, Bill Frist and Karl Rove put the football down and dare the Charlie Brown Party to try to kick again.

The good news for the GOP is the Dems individually are so full of themselves and so sure of the righteousness of their position, they can't possibly agree with each other and come up with a comprehensive party policy on Iraq. The self-destruction will continue unabated.

Today Kerry, Boxer and Feingold introduce a new amendment in the Senate to require a complete pull-out from Iraq by July 1, 2007. Of course, just last week Kerry thought we had to get out by the end of the year. That proposal lost 93-6. This one might lose 85-15. For Kerry, that's a major improvement. Another "almost" victory for Kerry.