ARTICLE: Senate Allies of Bush Work to Halt Iraq Vote, By CARL HULSE and THOM SHANKER, New York Times, January 31, 2007 ARTICLE: Choice for No. 2 at State Dept. Defends Bush’s Stance on Iran, By HELENE COOPER, New York Times, January 31, 2007

The resolutions should be blocked, serving their primary purpose of signalling to Bush that the Dems plan on following through on what the public signalled in the Nov election. But Bush-Cheney just seem intent on ignoring that message and that of the GOP establishment as signalled by Baker's ISG. Listen to the CSPAN Senate coverage: you're hearing member after member from both sides calling for a regional dialogue at least on Iraq. I mean, come on! How can the White House blow off the election, the new majority, its own party elders, its own party members on the Hill, and the ISG? To me, that's way beyond any self-destructive behavior I saw with Bill Clinton, and frankly, I'm amazed to say that. I'm just really beginning to believe that while the Boomers have had world-shaking accomplishments in economics and technology, they simply suck as politicians.