They are scurring around trying to explain the crawfishing.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Despite losing the
Iraq war budget battle to the White House, Democrats are giving a positive spin to Congress' vote on it last week while gearing up for new, tougher battles on the unpopular war.
Just hours after
President George W. Bush got his demand for a war budget stripped of troop withdrawal dates, Democratic leaders said the fight was not over.
"Its the start of a whole new direction in Iraq," said House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record). "No more blank check for the war in Iraq," she told Bush.
"We have moved the national debate on the war, and now every month this president faces another challenge to his policy," warned Majority Whip and second-highest Democratic Senator Richard Durbin (news, bio, voting record).
Democrats prepare new strategy on Iraq war - Yahoo! News