This is one vote the Democrat’s 2008 hopefuls know they need to attend. This non-binding resolution on Iraq will be a key to the Presidential debates in ’08, where they will be able to say they voted for a resolution about Iraq.

Is the vote meaningless? Yes. But it’s an all-important vote as potential candidates study polls intensely to help them choose what position on the Iraqui conflict will garner more votes in ’08.

Many important decisions were made in ’05 in preparation for the ’06 elections. The goal? To promote the following talking points:

1. It’s not a War on Terror – it’s just a war in Iraq. Issues related to Al-Qaeda, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Israel, 9/11 – comPLETEly unrelated
2. Bush (and any Republican even loosely associated with Bush) is responsible for the war in Iraq
3. Bush lied about WMDs

Getting people to believe those three points may have seemed like an impossible task, but considering that many voters already sincerely believe that the Government is covering up information about aliens and UFOs, it’s not really such a stretch.

Amazingly, a large percentage of voters now believe points 1, 2, and 3, as gospel truth. With the crucial ’08 elections only 21 months off, it’s important that the public sees that the Democrats in the House and Senate have been busy talking and voting on stuff, because once the debates come up, it’ll be very important to be able to cite what various candidates voted on and talked about. Meanwhile, Bush (and any Republican even loosely associated with Bush) can continue to shoulder responsibility for the War on Terror illegal invasion of Iraq, unless by some amazing miracle, the new government in Iraq starts to stabilize, in which case it’ll be important to jump on the bandwagon and find times when candidates said things in support of the War on Terror. Important decisions made now to stop funding the troops could help to ensure that this won’t happen.

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