JLB
July 30th, 2007, 11:19:36 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072901223.html
To Edwin Robinson, a Milwaukee casino pit boss and a lifelong Democrat, the new Democratic Congress that he cheered seven months ago is now a source of shame, as its leaders try to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.
"Let's not just pull out," Robinson, 50, said. "That feels like being beat again."
Terry Brickman, 43, a Republican-voting independent from suburban Detroit, was no less enthusiastic about the Democrats' victory in November, and is no less disappointed today. By now, he figured, the new Congress would have forced President Bush to change course.
"Congress had the ability with their momentum coming in to really do some things, gain some respect or positive feelings from the American people, and that's gone already," said Brickman, a medical-device sales representative. "They failed."
To Edwin Robinson, a Milwaukee casino pit boss and a lifelong Democrat, the new Democratic Congress that he cheered seven months ago is now a source of shame, as its leaders try to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.
"Let's not just pull out," Robinson, 50, said. "That feels like being beat again."
Terry Brickman, 43, a Republican-voting independent from suburban Detroit, was no less enthusiastic about the Democrats' victory in November, and is no less disappointed today. By now, he figured, the new Congress would have forced President Bush to change course.
"Congress had the ability with their momentum coming in to really do some things, gain some respect or positive feelings from the American people, and that's gone already," said Brickman, a medical-device sales representative. "They failed."