Letters to the Editor
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Why don't the Democrats do this on every important issue?
Send the bill out there for a vote, force Bush to veto it, and force his Kool-Aid drinkers in Congress to align with him to sustain his veto. Get them on record on every issue. You're with Bush, or you're with the American people.
If the Democrats go to the voters in 2008 and say, "We did everything we could on every important issue, but we didn't have the numbers to get these bills passed," then they've mounted a persuasive argument for sending more Democrats to Congress. If, as they've done on too many issues, they give up even before the fight has even been waged, and say they simply don't have the numbers, they'll get little support from the electorate.
Note to Dems: You have to get out there and stand for something, and fight as hard as you can, as you did on SCHIP, to convince people that they should bulk up your numbers on the Hill. So get out there and fight. On everything that matters. Or risk having the electorate say that Congress changing hands didn't mean anything. That will seriously diminish your chances for improving on your majority in the upcoming elections.