BUT WAIT...:

Obama’s Afghanistan Decision Is Straining Ties With Democrats (CARL HULSE and ADAM NAGOURNEY, 12/04/09, NY Times)

President Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan over the objections of fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill is straining a relationship already struggling under the weight of an administration agenda that some Democratic lawmakers fear is placing them in a politically vulnerable position.

The result has been a subtle shift in which Democrats in Congress are becoming less deferential to the White House, making clear that Mr. Obama will not always be able to count on them to fall into line and highlighting how Mr. Obama’s expansive ambitions are running up against political realities.

...wasn't Democratic estrangement from the president supposed to be a function of W and not of the war itself?

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 4, 2009 6:29 AM