“The primary message coming out of the November election was that the American people are sick and tired of the fighting and the gridlock, and they want both the president and Congress to start governing the country,” warned Leon E. Panetta, a chief of staff in Bill Clinton’s White House. “It just seems to me the Democrats, if they fail for whatever reason to get a domestic agenda enacted … will pay a price.”

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What complete and utter bullshit (let me tell you how I really feel). The point of getting the Dems in congress was to reduce corruption (we know both parties have that stink, don’t we?) and to provide better (hell, any) oversight and, yes, fight the administration and Republican party on Iraq. This is not to diminish the need for a strong domestic agenda but right now Iraq is what needs attention and fixing - not tomorrow, not next week, not two months from now — it needs it now.