Monday, February 05, 2007

GOP blocks Senate debate on troop buildup

WASHINGTON - Republicans blocked a full-fledged Senate debate over Iraq on Monday, but Democrats vowed they still would find a way to force President Bush to change course in a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 U.S. troops.

"We must heed the results of the November elections and the wishes of the American people," said Majority Leader Harry Reid.

The vote was 49-47, or 11 short of the 60 needed to go ahead with debate, and left the fate of the measure uncertain.

The Democrats offered up this purely political cowpie and it went down in a bigger ball of flames than I anticipated. Too bad, so sad.

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