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From: LindyBill	2/15/2005 7:52:17 PM
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No Consensus By Marc Schulman on Iraq Pity the poor Democrats. They just can't make up their minds about what we should do about Iraq: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) convened her “Iraqi working group” yesterday, soliciting an array of views in formulating Democrats’ responses to the successful election in Iraq and the expected supplemental spending bill for the war. The group consists of roughly 20 members and includes lawmakers who supported the president’s authority to invade Iraq and those who were fiercely opposed. A complete list of members of the Iraqi working group was not available, but the following members, in addition to those quoted above, were seen entering the meeting: House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Caucus Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Reps. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), John Spratt (D-S.C.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and George Miller (D-Calif.). Reflecting its divided membership, the group did not arrive at a consensus on whether troop levels should be reduced or if the caucus should support administration requests for additional money . . . There was also no consensus that Democrats should press the Bush administration to clarify its strategy for success and to accelerate the training of Iraqi forces. The disagreement on troop withdrawal touched on both the political pitfalls of “cutting and running” as well as the policy implications for the Middle East and the war on terrorism. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.): There’s a disagreement on whether you should have a withdrawal schedule. I haven’t made up my mind on that, and that’s not an easy question. Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.): Let’s just say all views were represented. If I am on it, they must have all views represented because I voted for the war. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.): There was no group consensus. This is not something where we’re authorized to speak for the caucus. Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.): The question is: What is their success strategy? The politics and the policy? It’s all one ball of wax.

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