Nancy and Rahm have thier heads together over Bush

[illinoisprogressive]

Interesting article on the possible House move, John Murtha's proposal and the hope of winning for the dems a larger majority in 08

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/01/democrats_wait_to_pick_up_the.html

[mzmolly]

1. Interesting....

With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Emanuel plans to use Bush's Iraq speech to pose what amounts to a vote of "no confidence'' in Bush's leadership -- framing the new strategy as a congressional motion and voting it up or down. Emanuel is certain that it will lose, and that a sizable number of Republicans will join the Democrats in rejecting the president's military escalation. Rather than try to restrict funds for the troops (which he sees as a political blunder that would delight Republicans), Emanuel instead favors a proposal by Rep. John Murtha to set strict standards for readiness -- which will make it hard to finance the troop surge in Iraq without beefing up the military as a whole. The idea is to position the Democrats as friends of the military, even as they denounce Bush's Iraq policy.