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From: LindyBill	4/2/2007 12:15:54 AM
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Obama: Senate Will Abandon Timelines After Veto CAPTAIN ED Barack Obama made clear that Senate Democrats will wind up voting for an Iraq supplemental without the mandatory timetables for withdrawal. Saying that the Democrats would not "play chicken" with the troops, he told the AP in Iowa that the entire exercise was designed to pressure Bush into changing policy: "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." ... Given that Bush is determined to veto a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, Congress has little realistic choice but to approve money for the war, Obama said. "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. "Obviously we're constrained by the fact that a commander in chief who also has veto power has the option of ignoring that position," Obama said." Interesting. If Obama speaks for the Senate Democrats, then we should see a new supplemental after the spring recess, when Congress will go into conference to resolve the differences between the two bills. That would put the new spending bill at least three weeks out. We can expect Obama to take a major hit from his base on this statement. He has pushed the anti-war base to the forefront in the coming election, and he has made significant inroads into Hillary's support. They will not take kindly to a maneuver they will see as a retreat from his opposition to the war in Iraq. But that's the risk Obama ran with his gamesmanship. The Democrats knew all along that they could not win by enough to override a veto. They also realize that they cannot withstand the political fallout that will ensue if the troops do not get their funding. They have no place left to go -- and so they will provide the funding Bush needs without to timetables he will refuse to adopt. After having taken the base to the mountaintop, Obama and the rest will now lose their credibility in the end. captainsquartersblog.com

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