Priority is Job #1

I do agree with this LA Times op-ed that the Democrats are stepping up in some ways, particularly on gun control and energy, in recent weeks. And the fact that they plan to investigate Cheney's signing statements, which according to one report have nullified 30% of all Congressional laws last year, is also encouraging.

But nobody is going to give the Democrats in Congress credit for a job well done until they do something about Iraq. They were the ones that responded to public sentiment by announcing it as a priority - and now they have to deliver. This is the Pandora's Box they've opened up, such that nothing else they do will be seen as sufficient to the immediate problem at hand.