BUT...BUT...BUT...THE BLOGS PROMISED ME THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE FIGHTING FOR...:

Activists on the Left Applying Pressure to Democratic Leaders: Liberals Seek Bolder Approach to War, Spying (Jonathan Weisman, January 3, 2007, Washington Post)

Democratic leaders set to take control of Congress tomorrow are facing mounting pressure from liberal activists to chart a more confrontational course on Iraq and the issues of human rights and civil liberties, with some even calling for the impeachment of President Bush.

The carefully calibrated legislative blitz that Democrats have devised for the first 100 hours of power has left some activists worried the passion that swept the party to power in November is already dissipating. A cluster of protesters will greet the new congressional leaders at the Capitol tomorrow. They will not be disgruntled conservatives wary of Democratic control, but liberals demanding a ban on torture, an end to warrantless domestic spying and a restoration of curbed civil liberties.

The protest will be followed by an evening forum calling for the president's impeachment, led by the Center for Constitutional Rights, antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and a pro-impeachment group called World Can't Wait.

Those priorities will not be in evidence inside the Capitol...

The fringe doesn't steer the surrey.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 3, 2007 8:14 AM