The Brave Step Forward

If anyone needs any more evidence of why the so-called Democratic leadership is a disgrace to the country and the party, look no further than how they ran at top speed from the principled and needed stand by Sen. Russ Feingold to censure Bush for his lawbreaking. Georgie has admitted to breaking the law, he revels in it, he dares anyone to do something about it. Only one person had the balls to stand up and say enough is enough. The majority of Democrats – and all of the 'leadership' has run away to hide, just like the scared little mice they maddeningly prove to be – time and time again.

Consider these profiles in courage:

"I haven't read it," demurred Barack Obama (Ill.).

"I really can't right now," John Kerry (Mass.) said as he hurried past a knot of reporters -- an excuse that fell apart when Kerry was forced into an awkward wait as Capitol Police stopped an aide at the magnetometer.

Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) brushed past the press pack, shaking her head and waving her hand over her shoulder. When an errant food cart blocked her entrance to the meeting room, she tried to hide from reporters behind the 4-foot-11 Barbara Mikulski (Md.). "Ask her after lunch," offered Clinton's spokesman, Philippe Reines. But Clinton, with most of her colleagues, fled the lunch out a back door as if escaping a fire.

Outside the Democrats' lunch downstairs, the senators were similarly agile. The number two Democratic leader, Richard Durbin (Ill.), darted out of an elevator and into lunch when he thought nobody was looking.

So nonplussed were Democrats that even Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), known for his near-daily news conferences, made history by declaring, "I'm not going to comment." Would he have a comment later? "I dunno," the suddenly shy senator said. Schumer, leaving the lunch, still hadn't found his voice. " He's gonna talk about it," Schumer said, pointing to Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid (Nev.).

Reporters, as instructed, asked Reid where he stood. "It's a question that's been asked 33 times in the last few hours," he said. "And so, for the 34th time, I'm going to say the same thing: I'm going to wait .

What is the reason we want to vote for them? They have a very, very small window of opportunity to show some spine – or their base support will get really furious.
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