What happened to the Democrats?

The democrats did not have much choice. They had already tried to defund the war which would have put an immediate end to it...if they had enough votes to override Bush's veto on that, and we all know that would have been vetoed. As it is, they did not even have enough votes to get it out of the house, never mind to the senate. That meant that they had to find a way to fund the war while still having some sense of having had a say in how it was going to be funded. They had already tried a couple of times to push a bill with time limits, and those had both been vetoed...again with not enough votes to override the veto. The funding was going to run out very soon, and it was either do emergency funding repeatedly, or send Bush a bill that he would agree to...which they finally did. If they had let the funding lapse without a new funding bill, they would have then been known as the party who turned their backs on our own troops in a time of war. As angry and impatient as people are with this war,they would have been even angrier with the democrats for having done that, and the coming election would have been disastrous for them. Bush had them in a corner and they knew it. Everyone is talking about Bush's approval ratings, but take a look at Congress' approval ratings. They are just as bad as Bush's, and even lower...depending on the news source. Bush can't be elected again, so why should he care what his ratings are? Congress is a different story, and if they want to be re-elected, then they had better take care of our troops.

i think they need to quit worrying about whos in whos party or what party is better then the other one. Its a mud slinging contest insteead of focus just being on who and what is really best for the country.

The people with real power are not the politicians so I don't mind if they like to play games and make themselves look foolish. The american people grow tired of their antics and this may prove itself once again with low voter turnout. The US ranks as one of the lowest in voter participation. That is a shameful thing and I am sure that our forefathers would be digusted with our casualness about politics. I also think that they would be ashamed of how our current politicians seem to work more for themselves instead of for their constituents.

Our elections are little more than pandering contests, decided by who comes up with the better slogan/image/concept to scare the people onto their side. The still-"Silent Majority" is so busy stuffing itself with super-size fast food while they drive their Big-Pig-Mobiles to the mall to run up their credit cards some more, they can't be bothered! Collapse of our society? WHO CARES, there's a sale at JC Penney's!