Exactly. And this week the House will join the kabuki dance with a four day debate on the subject of the troop surge in Iraq. The House Dem leaders, who promised a "full and open debate" in the heady days following the election, have without warning decided to severely limit the debate and deny Republicans the opportunity to offer silly resolutions of their own. Minority Leader John Boehner was not impressed:Several potential Republican presidential candidates, including Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as well as Giuliani, have supported Bush's plan to add more than 20,000 troops to U.S. forces in Iraq.
The major Democratic candidates have opposed the move. Several are senators who have advocated a nonbinding resolution condemning the buildup.
"In the business world, if two weeks were spent on a nonbinding resolution, it would be considered nonproductive," Giuliani told the lunch crowd, setting off a burst of laughter.
He called the concept "a comment without making a decision." America, he added, is "very fortunate to have President Bush."
"Presidents can't do nonbinding resolutions. Presidents have to make decisions and move the country forward, and that's the kind of president that I would like to be, a president who makes decisions."
A House vote on Iraq this week will be limited to the question of supporting President Bush's troop escalation, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Sunday.Just as in the Senate, the Dems don't want a full debate - they want a show.
Hoyer's comment drew a vehement objection from House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, who said House Democrats had promised to allow a vote this week on a Republican alternative opposing a cutoff of money for the war.
Hoyer, D-Md., said such a vote would occur later.
"Live up to your word," Boehner told Hoyer. Democrats, Boehner said, "won't even let us have a substitute. ... Give us a vote this week."
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