Quote of the Day

"I never understand that question, you have a President that's in deep shit. He got us into the war, and all the reasons he gave have been proven invalid, and the whole electorate was so pissed off that they got rid of anyone they could have, and then they ask, 'What is the Democrats’ solution?'"
--Rep. Charles Rangel, responding to a question on what is the Democrats' Iraq plan.

For the record, the Democrats do have solutions and suggestions, and they are hardly a secret. The President, though, has made it clear that he just isn't interested in listening to any advice that doesn't involve continuing 'the job'.

Short of convincing the President to change his mind (never gonna happen), their only other options will be derided as 'extreme' by the punditry and others, even if met with public support.

So, Rangel is right. While the Democrats do now control the legislative branch, it's the President who's in deep shit, not them. Maybe in a few months, when things get really bad, people will start taking the Democratic proposals seriously and stop asking them the stupid questions.

[PS- But President Bush wants you all to know that he's sleeping well.

UPDATE: The NY Times has more on White House deliberations on the planned 'surge'.]