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Hillary Clinton used to be the most hawkish Democrat on Iraq. Well, the most hawkish Democrat other than Joe Lieberman. Ever since George Soros became the Democrats’ banker, most of the Democratic presidential candidates abandoned our military. Until now, Hillary hadn’t taken the bait. “Until now” is the key phrase. Now she has:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., proposed Thursday that Congress repeal the authority it gave President Bush in 2002 to invade Iraq, injecting presidential politics into the congressional debate over war funding.

Clinton’s proposal brings her full circle on Iraq and sharpens her political position at a time when the Democratic Party is more willing to confront the White House on the war.

“It is time to reverse the failed policies of President Bush and to end this war as soon as possible,” said Clinton as she joined Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., in calling for a vote on a plan to terminate the authority as of Oct. 11, the fifth anniversary of the original vote.

Her proposal emerged as congressional leaders and the White House opened delicate negotiations over a vetoed war resolution and illustrated the varied views by Democrats on how to proceed in the aftermath of Bush’s decision.

Her proposal is purely political gamesmanship. She knows that the Republican Senate could filibuster her legislation. If they let it come to a final vote, it’ll be because they want it to pass so that Democrats are on the record as calling for America’s defeat in Iraq. If it reached that point, the bill would sail through the House. If the authorization reached the President’s desk, it’d be vetoed.

Clinton’s move appeared to be an effort to claim a leadership position among the Democratic presidential candidates.

It came just a few hours after Sen. Harry Reid, (D-NV), the majority leader, had praised the presidential contenders in the Senate for not using the Senate as a platform for airing their differences on the war. It also shows Democrats, with core supporters strongly opposing the war, are leery of being seen as giving too much ground to Bush in the legislative fight.

Harry Reid is a speed bump in Hillary’s path to the White House. He’s also a fool’s fool for making such a statement.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

This entry was posted on Friday, May 4th, 2007 at 9:50 am and is filed under Author: Gary Gross, Election 2008, Hillary, Iraq, Military, W. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.