Sen. Carl Levin, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman appeared on ABC's "This Week." He went against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Senate "will not stop paying for the Iraq war or relent from insisting that President Bush keep pressing the Baghdad government for a negotiated end to the violence," Sen. Levin said.
Sen. Levin has spent the past few years arguing against the war and calling for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Michael Crowley at The Plank believes the Senate Democrats are attempting to play to the multi-personalities that makes up the Democratic party. He says "Are Reid and Levin playing a game of good cop, bad cop? Reid stokes up the base while Levin covers the right flank?"
I would have to agree with Mr. Crowley that the democrats are extremely disunited and that the party leaders recognize this flaw. Therefore they need to play to be able to play to the different parts of the party. They were able to do this in the 2006 Midterm Elections by nominating several moderate democrats and being able to get the Democratic party to unite behind these candidates, they continue to try to play to the overall moderate base by taking multiple positions on key issues.
What do you think?
Sen. Levin has spent the past few years arguing against the war and calling for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Michael Crowley at The Plank believes the Senate Democrats are attempting to play to the multi-personalities that makes up the Democratic party. He says "Are Reid and Levin playing a game of good cop, bad cop? Reid stokes up the base while Levin covers the right flank?"
I would have to agree with Mr. Crowley that the democrats are extremely disunited and that the party leaders recognize this flaw. Therefore they need to play to be able to play to the different parts of the party. They were able to do this in the 2006 Midterm Elections by nominating several moderate democrats and being able to get the Democratic party to unite behind these candidates, they continue to try to play to the overall moderate base by taking multiple positions on key issues.
What do you think?
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One should not confuse diversity with a lack of unity. As I have said before, the Democrats are a party of diversity; that is something they believe in and respect. I feel the all or nothing attitude of the "united" Republicans is getting old an tiredsome
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