Edwards Challenges Clinton on Troops, Murtha Refers to ...

[NJCher]

Murtha refers to bill in the works to curtail bush's aggression.

I didn't catch it all but it was the lead news discussion on our local NPR, WNYC at 10 a.m. this morning, MLK Day. Juan Williams is being interviewed.

So Edwards is challenging them to do a funding cutoff and Murtha says there is legislation in the works to stop bush from his "surge." This happened last night at Riverside in NY.

When questioned about the new legislation by the radio host, the person being interviewed said it was because so much of the war funding is done through supplements.

The host, Brian Lehrer, commented that the Dems are becoming more aggressive on curtailing bush by the minute as they see how people feel in the polls.



Cher

on edit:

Here's a link to what Edwards said last night:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/washington/politicsspecial/15troops.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

“If you’re in Congress and you know this war is going in the wrong direction, it is no longer enough to study your options and keep your own counsel,” Mr. Edwards said at Riverside Church in Manhattan, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once gave a speech denouncing the American campaign in Vietnam. “Speak out, and stop this escalation now. You have the power to prohibit the president from spending any money to escalate the war — use it.”

Mr. Edwards also called on fellow Democrats to support the immediate withdrawal of 50,000 troops.

In making his speech, Mr. Edwards staked out antiwar turf in the nascent Democratic presidential primary contest while challenging others to do the same — most notably Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who also voted to authorize military action in Iraq in 2002 but has yet to take a position on legislative options like withholding money. She visited Iraq on Saturday to speak with military commanders, and plans to explain her views in fuller detail when she returns Tuesday.

[mtnsnake]

1. How did he challenge Clinton?

Hillary has already said she won't support the surge in troops.

[NJCher]

3. just guessing

Might have been to admit she made a mistake when she voted for the Iraq War. Edwards has said he was wrong in voting for it; Hillary hasn't.

But don't quote me on this because I was doing other things while I was listening--like I said, I'm just guessing, based on snippets I heard between the host and Juan Williams.



Cher

[mtnsnake]

4. So if you're just guessing, why the thread title stating what might not have happened?

[NJCher]

6. was the headline at our local public radio

Which has a good deal of credibility in this area.

BTW, I was just curious when you were appointed copy editor here at DU. Did I miss the announcement? Got a link to the press release?



Cher

[ultraist]

7. Edwards is calling on Congress to block funding

Hillary, as noted in the article posted in the OP, "has yet to take a position on legislative options like withholding money."

That is the challenge to Hillary. Will she stand with Edwards and Murtha and actually take action against the escalation? Or is she just mouthing her opposition to it?

[Mass]

2. Murtha and Kennedy have been doing the right thing by proposing this legislation.

Other people in the Senate and the House have co-sponsored them.

If Edwards wants to join and call for these legislations to be passed, good, but he should not ignore what some are trying to do for pure politics.

[Clarkie1]

5. How did Edwards come up with the 50,000 troops to withdraw immediately figure?

What is his reasoning behind that number?