Letter: Democrats will learn hard lesson in 2008

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 | 7:33 a.m.

The May 14 letter from George Job, headlined "Republicans may have sealed their own fate," is typical of the defeatist spin of members of the "nonbinding majority" of Democrats who temporarily dominate Capitol Hill.

I see things exactly the opposite, and at least one house of Congress will return to Republican hands in 2008 because of the Democrats' inability to act in the nation's best interests and because the electorate overall sees that it was a national mistake to install such a hollow, domestically cynical party to "lead" the legislative branch in this dangerous era.

By a 2-1 ratio since the 2006 midterms, polling consistently states that the American electorate will not stand for a total collapse into chaos, slaughter and a humiliating national defeat in Iraq. These same polls indicate that Americans feel a responsibility to leave Iraq with a solid base of stability in their nation.

This fact alone explains why the nonbinding majority, led by Senate Majority Leader Harry "the war is lost" Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will not simply act on basic, heartfelt convictions and take action to de fund the war right now . Political shredding of the Democrats would soon follow and I believe they know this .

As the next 1 1/2 years go forward to the 2008 elections, the Democrats' intentional corrosions of our military while in the field, and the continual applause America's global enemies give the Democrats, mean the nonbinding majority is on borrowed time.

It's beyond clear the Democratic nonbinding majority displays daily to the electorate why it should not be returned to the majority in 2008.

Max R. Heeman, Blue Diamond