Of course, we've known and been reporting this for months: the Surge worked. When will Harry Reid eat his words? When will Nancy Pelosi praise the American military and the Iraqi people for defeating al Qaeda? We won't hold our breath. The Surge Worked By JOHN MCCAIN and JOE LIEBERMAN January 10, 2008; Page A15 It was exactly one year ago tonight, in a televised address to the nation, that President George W. Bush announced his fateful decision to change course in Iraq, and to send five additional U.S. combat brigades there as part of a new counterinsurgency strategy and under the command of a new general, David Petraeus. At the ...

As long as we're doling out our end of year awards, we must recognize the man most fixated on "losing."  In yet another "losing" reference, Harry Reid has declared that even though he has lost every troop funding/troop withdrawal battle with the President, the American people are "losing." Not him. Reid rejects notion that GOP is winning Hill battles If this is what winning looks like, then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants no part of it. Tired of Republican crowing about winning on Iraq funding, the budget battle and the energy bill, Reid (D-Nev.) shot back on Tuesday afternoon. "We hear a lot of Republicans boasting ... because of their unprecedented obstruction," Reid said. Indeed, ...

Cliff May at NRO nails it: Harry Reid is pitiful. The Art of the Flip-Flop How to jump off the defeatist bandwagon without breaking your political neck. By Clifford D. May Pity poor Harry Reid. Back in April, the Senate Majority Leader proclaimed the war in Iraq “lost.” Two months before General David Petraeus had in place the reinforcements he needed to implement his bold, new strategy — which included a “surge” of operations against al-Qaeda forces in Iraq — Reid also said: “The surge is not accomplishing anything.” Since then, it has become increasingly obvious that Reid was wrong,

Harry and Nancy look like losers, again: Support For Armenian Genocide Measure Wanes In Washington WASHINGTON, October 18, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. congressional support appears to be fading for a controversial resolution that defines the mass killing of Armenians during the final throes of the Ottoman Empire as genocide. . . . The resolution had appeared to have the necessary backing from Democrats to win passage in the full House of Representatives. But on October 17, a group of prominent Democrats suddenly withdrew their support. They urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, California) not to go ahead with her plan to bring the measure to a full House vote. The group included Florida ...

Benedict Reid and Judas Pelosi are back at it.  The Democrat resolution condemning Turkey, our most proximate ally in Iraq, for the Armenian Holocaust is another effort to undermine the Iraq war. Query: why are Dems more interested in condemning a century old genocide than in preventing another one? Thomas Sowell calls it what it is: sabotage. . . . [The Democrats] want a resolution to condemn what happened as “genocide” — a word that provokes instant anger among today’s Turks, since genocide means a deliberate government policy aimed at exterminating a whole people, as distinguished from horrors growing out of a widespread breakdown of law and order in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. These ...

. . . that Harry is a loser (H/T Instapundit.com) Reid's favorable rating was 32 percent, compared with 51 percent unfavorable and 15 percent neutral. Gibbons was viewed favorably by 30 percent, Bush by 34 percent. The Review-Journal last asked Nevadans their opinion of Reid in early May. At that time, he was seen favorably by 46 percent and unfavorably by 42 percent. Even that was seen as alarming for Reid because his favorability did not top 50 percent and because the difference between the two numbers was only 4 percentage points. It continued a slide for Reid that coincides with his taking the Democratic leadership after his re-election in 2004, with 61 percent ...

Harry "This war is lost" Reid who has vowed to fight the President every step of the way, lost his bid to reduce funding for the troops. It wasn't even close. The Senate on Monday overwhelmingly passed the fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill after weeks of debate failed to find consensus on Iraq withdrawal language. The bill, which authorizes more than half a trillion dollars in defense spending, is headed into conference with the House version, which also does not contain any Iraq withdrawal language. The bill passed by a vote of 92-3, with Sens. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) voting against it.

This is a recurring theme: Harry (who wants us to back down from the fight in Iraq) is backing down again. Reid Bends By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 4:20 PM PT Iraq: The Senate's top Democrat has softened his strategy in the wake of Iraq's undeniable military and political progress. It's a blow for anti-war forces that the Petraeus report later this month is sure to compound. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has backed down from demands for a withdrawal of our troops in Iraq by next spring. Selling voters on cut and run was always tough, but now a new UPI/Zogby Poll finds that 54% of Americans believe the Iraq war is not lost. Beyond the achievements of our forces, the public is obviously impressed that Iraq's five top political leaders have agreed on a series of compromises, including oil wealth distribution and provincial elections. Since Reid and other Democratic leaders now know that outright surrender is out, they've decided to try for whatever they can get. "I don't think we have to think that our way is the only way," Reid told the Washington Post, making it clear he now seeks an anti-war alliance with shaky Republicans. "I'm not saying, 'Republicans, do what we want to do.' Just give me something that you think you would like to do, that accomplishes some or all of what I want to do." But the U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, will join with our ambassador, Ryan Crocker, in presenting a progress report the week of Sept. 10, and he is expected to say exactly what recent travelers to Iraq have discovered: 1) the surge is working, and 2) leaving now would be disastrous.

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have hit a new all-time low, breaking their own record. Zogby's poll shows (drumroll, please): 14 PERCENT . . . of respondents rated Congress' performance as excellent or good. Last October, in its final days, the Republican-led Congress earned ratings of excellent or good from 23 percent of voters. "There is a growing sense that people voted for change in 2006 and they aren't getting it," Zogby said. We think there is also a growing sense that the Dems are sinking because they are surging for defeat.  Who approves of people who want us to lose a war? 14 percent, apparently.

Senator Mitch McConnell notes today that The Dems have themselves in quite a pickle. They belly-ached long enough about needing a new strategy that the President finally gave them one in January. President Bush sent General Petraeus to Iraq, with an 81-0 confirmation from the Senate, to carry out the battle plan now known as The Surge. Almost immediately, Barack Obama boldly asserted, "The president's strategy will not work." What he should have said was, "The Democrats cannot afford for the president's strategy to work." For the next three months the Democrats, who keep reminding us of the so-called mandate they've been given, tried to pass a funding bill that would keep ...