sayers too. Remember that just as DU/Dailykos are both in pre primary season more interested in the race and attacks on each other, this is EVEN MORE among the Republicans who have an unbelievable number of candidates all looking for visibility.
This might be a case where the lack of attention to really serious major issues is not really to our disadvantage. In reality, I think this is a fait accompli -- and for political reasons, no one in the Obama administration can say so.
There were hints of this from the Republican spokespeople from the beginning.
- Both Nicole Wallace (Bushie) and a Romney spokesperson but seriously lamented that the Democrats were going to say that being against this was being for a military solution -- and that was just so unfair. Note this was said before Obama and Kerry made just that case - rather compellingly.
- Most arguments raised have nothing to do with a nuclear bomb. They have American in jail - with or without a deal. It is not related and it seems obvious that our chances are higher (or at least equal) of getting them out with a deal. They support terrorists - again with or without the deal - and we are better off if there is no deal.
It is interesting that it took them until Friday to even get the importance of the UN vote today -- and they then had a hissy fit saying essentially, "it was no fair". (In fact, both Bushes went to the UN before going to Congress to start their wars.) In fact, the legislation ALWAYS dealt JUST with lowering US sanctions. As to usurping power, the legislation putting those sanctions in place under both Bush and Obama had a provision that the President could temporarily relax them. THAT is what the legislation changed. It didn't give the right to decide the UN votes to Congress.
At this point, they have a deal that pleasantly surprised many experts, that the world is backing. The legislation is structured that Obama would need to lose 13 Democratic Senators. I would imagine that - in private - Kerry, Obama and Biden could lay out how bad the situation would be for the US if we mess this up. Do we seriously want only Israel and Saudi Arabia and a few other Sunni states on our side? Talk about destroying our leadership and prestige in the world? I would guess most Democrats would give them at least as much credibility as Bibi --- especially as they have the sane position on their side. (Voting against this is actually worse than voting for the IWR - it is voting against diplomacy. )
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