Call!

Call your Senator and Congressperson today and let them know you are PISSED about the Democratic leadership caving in to Bush.

Here are the numbers for Boxer, Feinstein and Davis:

Senator Barbara Boxer
(619) 239-3884

Senator Diane Feinstein
(619) 231-9712

Congresswoman Susan Davis
(619) 280-5353

Over at MYDD Matt Stoller writes that Democratic insiders in D.C. actually think this is a politically smart move! Unbelievable:

These are the attitudes of Democratic members and pollsters. There's no evidence that Bush moves numbers anymore. In fact, when he talks he becomes less popular. He has no credibility, which means that his access to the bully pulpit is severely diminished. Yet Democrats are afraid of him. More than that, Democratic members think that by capitulating to him that Republicans will stop saying that Democrats won't fund the troops. It's crazy. It's like they didn't notice the 2002 election where they were like 'we can take Iraq off the table'.

And while the news media is abuzz with talk of Democratic capitulation, I'm watching idiots like Louise Slaughter on C-Span saying that this is not a concession to Bush, and that Congress is fighting to end the war. And she really believes it. She really thinks that Democrats are fighting Bush with this bill. It's amazing. It's like la-la land.