Warning Signs

Here is a really - and I mean really - surprising sign that someone is giving Barack Obama some very good advice. Indirectly, it is a sign that some people in the Democratic party realize that they are seriously out on a limb if the situation in Iraq actually does stabilize with the surge. Obama is flat out backing off from a showdown with the White House if the president vetoes the Iraq pork-barrel fest - excuse me - supplemental spending bill with deadlines attached.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as promised, Congress quickly will provide the money without the withdrawal timeline the White House objects to because no lawmaker "wants to play chicken with our troops," Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday.

"My expectation is that we will continue to try to ratchet up the pressure on the president to change course," the Democratic presidential candidate said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I don't think that we will see a majority of the Senate vote to cut off funding at this stage."

Obama has made his opposition to the war a centerpiece of his campaign and has used it to differentiate himself from rival Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq…..

….."I think that nobody wants to play chicken with our troops on the ground," said Obama. "I do think a majority of the Senate has now expressed the belief that we need to change course in Iraq.

Very, very smart advice there. If one single American soldier is even wounded, much less killed, because there was not enough ammunition or supplies, the Democrats are in desperate condition at once. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Someone with good sense is advising Obama. That would not be Kos (no link, go wade in there yourself if you want).

Instead of threatening Bush with even more restrictions and daring him to veto funding for the troops out of pique, Barack just surrendered to him.

Let me repeat that — Obama just surrendered to Bush.

So, in honor of the pronouncement by Kos, it seems fitting to present the pride of Rockford, Illinois and an aptly named anthem from the '70's.

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2. Blue Crab Boulevard » Surging To Defeat — Thursday, 5 April , 2007 @ 7:36 am