Can We Talk

The President wants to talk to the Democrats about Iraq. He doesn't want to discuss a compromise, or negotiate or anything, he just wants to turn on that Bush charm and tell Pelosi and Reid why we're in the struggle of our very lives.

Bush is not aware, and from the coverage the media may not be aware, that nobody likes him, and that they like this new Congress a lot more.

Apparently a few Republican Congressmen, sensing disaster in 2008, want a compromise spending bill on Iraq. I don't see that happening either, although the Democratic leadership will probably negotiate with them and make an even more wishy-washy Iraq bill while not adding enough members to the coalition to override a veto. So it's really on the President, if he wants to actually move forward and get his money, to come off his high horse. Harry Reid will not be bullied by this nonsense talk because the President doesn't have the bully pulpit anymore. Nobody's listening to him and nobody likes him. So he can keep yelling and screaming, but if he actually wants the appropriation, I really think the Democrats will hold out until he submits to some strings.