Monday, August 14, 2006

Senator Mark Pryor - No Excuses

Over in our next state neighbor, Arkansas, US Senator Mark Pryor is making a case for no more excuses in the war on terror. Read about it here. When will Oklahoma Senators Inhofe and Coburn stop making excuses for the Republican White House's failed leadership?

Razorbacks and Sooners both love their football and downright adore their coaches. But, if by halftime their teams aren't performing they take a look at the films and make adjustments --- they don't wait. Sometimes they change the plays and sometimes the players, and sometimes, it's the coach that has to change. Seems to me that politics and football are similar enough to take a lesson from this playbook. Something's gotta change.

Now, I understand that the war on terror has much greater significance than any football game, but as to strategy and leadership....winning matters.

2 comments:

Aticus88 said...

From MyDD, from a survey of Republican-leaning California district:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/8/14/152732/485

* 63% of Republican voters believe that Bush has made some or a lot of mistakes in Iraq. 24% of Republican voters believe that Bush has made ‘a lot of mistakes in Iraq’, and another 39% believe that Bush has made ‘some mistakes in Iraq’.

* 34% of Republican voters believe that Bush has definitely or probably not told the truth about the situation in Iraq. 14% believe that Bush has ‘definitely’ not told the truth about the situation in Iraq, and another 20% believe that Bush has ‘probably’ not told the truth about the situation in Iraq.

* 34% of Republican voters believe that Bush should probably or definitely be held accountable for the situation in Iraq. 19% of Republican voters believe that Bush should ‘definitely’ be held accountable, and 15% believe he should ‘probably’ be held accountable.

* 48% of Republican voters believe that the Democratic Party is likely to hold Bush accountable for mistakes in Iraq, versus only 19% who believe that the Republican Party is likely to hold Bush accountable.

Oilfieldguy said...

Mark Pryor has also endorsed defacto Republican Senator Straddle Joe "Two Times" Lieberman, after he was defeated in the Democratic Primary of CT by Ned Lamont. He also holds a leadership position in the DSCC. Senator Pryor needs to be sent a very strong message from Democrats that his continued support of Lieberman is unnaceptable. Chuck Schumer needs to be told to jerk Pryor back into the Democratic party.