It's not a surprise at all, given earlier comments of Harry and other senior Dem senators (my piece from Friday).

So take his comments on CNN today as just confirmation that nothing much has moved following the House and Senate votes on Friday and yesterday.

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In this morning's media, I see signs that, while S Con Res 63 (House voting at 1600 today, according to the Note) is a no-brainer for all (almost all?) Dem MCs, the Murtha Proviso may be a different matter.

Few around here will be staggered to learn (LA Timespiece) the name of one doubter:

many Democrats worry about the consequences of trying to block the troop increase by tying strings to the supplemental war appropriations bill Bush has requested. These Democrats warn that Republicans will accuse the party of undermining the military because it is difficult to isolate funding for the troop increase without affecting military personnel already deployed.

"It is a Gordian knot," said California Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Alamo), who supports the nonbinding resolution.

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Not often that I bring hope on a topic on which Stoller is downbeat!

It's a small hope, in which I place no trust at all. But it deserves consideration.

Stoller quotes Greenwald, taken as something of a sage on these matters, saying that

it is clear that Congressional Democrats are not working at all towards the goal of forcing an end to the war.

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