Joe Biden can be maddening. But, he does come up with some great lines. And, his statement to Reuters is right on target: "Voters are going to be mad with us until we end the war."
The Senate Democrats have promised there will be a series of votes on Iraq between now and the Fourth of July recess. They need to start delivering on Capitol Hill. The GOPers who let Bush start this war and enabled him along the way are holding up any progress. The Dems. need to roll them:
The new Democratic-led Congress is drawing the ire of voters upset with its failure to quickly deliver on a promise to end the Iraq war.
This is reflected in polls that show Congress -- plagued by partisan bickering mostly about the war -- at one of its lowest approval ratings in a decade. Surveys find only about one in four Americans approves of it.
"I understand their disappointment," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "We raised the bar too high."
In winning control of Congress from President George W. Bush's Republicans last November, Democrats told voters they would move swiftly to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.
But they now say voters must understand they need help from Republicans to clear procedural hurdles, override presidential vetoes and force Bush to change course.
Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware said he explained this recently to anti-war demonstrators. "'We know. We know,'" he quoted them as replying. "But we are so disappointed.'"
Biden, seeking the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, said: "Voters are going to be mad with us until we end the war."
