Forgive me if this rant goes a bit in all directions, but...
I wondered how long it would take, once the Democrats took control of both congressional houses, for Keith Olbermann to issue one of his Special Comments against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The answer: Four-and-a-half months.
In last night's essay Olbermann took the Democrats to task for betraying the voters who put them in power last November by capitulating to the President on Iraq War funding and removing withdrawal timelines from the proposed bill.
It's rare when I break with Olbermann on this issue, but I must say...he was a bit too harsh on the Democratic leadership last night. While voters sent a strong message to the President and his Republican Party last November, I don't think it was ever their intent to have the new Congress cut off war funding.
Rather, Americans asked for accountability and oversight. Those two things had been sorely lacking with the previous Republican Congress and as a result the President had been digging the proverbial hole deeper and deeper. With the opposition party now in control, the President needs to be clear about his objectives, his management, and his competence. But defunding the war would surely find the Democrats back in the minority in 2008.
