[Peace-discuss] Obama slacks off while the iron is hot

[Robert Naiman]

Still more:

Senator Obama, Congress Has Many Options Besides Full Funding Without Withdrawal
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/03/278/

On 4/3/07, Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is from Nick Burbules:
>
> [...]
> http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/04/02/quote_of_the_day.html
> "It's not possible with his schedule. He's got various
> meetings during the day, a meeting earlier in the
> morning. . . It just wasn't going to work out."
>
> -- A White House spokeswoman, quoted by the Washington
> Post, explaining why President Bush will be only the
> third president in history to miss throwing out the
> first pitch on baseball's opening day for two
> consecutive seasons. She insisted it wasn't because
> the president "feared getting booed."
>
> Barack Obama says, if Bush vetoes the war funding bill
> because it has a withdrawal date attached to it, well
> then, we'll just pass another funding bill without it.
> Harry Reid says, if Bush vetoes this bill, we'll send
> him another one he'll like even less. Which is the
> smarter politics?
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-01-obama_N.htm?csp=34
> If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as
> promised, Congress quickly will provide the money
> without the withdrawal timeline the White House
> objects to because no lawmaker "wants to play chicken
> with our troops," Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday. . .
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/2/202036/9970
> [Kos] Obama has explained his weekend words to the AP,
> and sorry to say, you Obama fans, but it's no better
> than before. . . .
>
> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4682862.html
> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday he wants
> to cut off money for the Iraq war next year, making
> clear for the first time that Democrats are willing to
> pull out all the stops to end U.S. involvement.
>
> Reid's new strategy faces an uphill battle because
> many of his colleagues see yanking funds as a
> dangerous last resort. The proposal increases the
> stakes on the debate and marks a new era for the
> Democratic leadership once reluctant to talk about
> Congress' power of the purse.
>
> "In the face of the administration's stubborn
> unwillingness to change course, the Senate has no
> choice but to force a change of course," said Sen.
> John Kerry, D-Mass., who signed on Monday as a
> co-sponsor of Reid's proposal with Sen. Russ Feingold,
> D-Wis. . . .
>
> More:
> http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2007/04/post_3312.html
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/2/184819/4854
>
> http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/4/2/19930/60119
>