Democrats fighting back

Now this is what I like to see...

"Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa), one of the most combative Democrats in Congress, accused Bush of "throwing down the gauntlet" since winning reelection. "Usually when you win you try to be magnanimous," he said. "But everything we've heard from the president is, 'I've got a mandate,' 'I've got all this political capital,' and 'We'll work with you as long as you agree with us.' Well, wait a minute, you mean we have to agree to everything before they'll work with us. That's a non-starter."

Its about freaking time the congressional democrats caught on to this! Sheesh! I am really hoping that the democrats in this congress will stand up for their values. The past four years, they have cowered in the corner and acquiesed on some very important issues in the spectre of 9/11. And I really think it was one of the many factors that hurt Kerry in November, he went along with the president's misguided agenda when he should have pushed for a different dialogue.

Anyway, I'm hoping that after Barbara Boxer's objection of the Ohio vote count, we will see more of the same moxie coming from the party as a whole.