The Hill: McConnell: Democrats are divided over Iraq and won't be able to stop White House strategy

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McConnell: Democrats are divided over Iraq
By Klaus Marre

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that Democrats are split over Iraq and will not be able to stop the White House's Iraq strategy.

"The Democrats are divided among themselves," McConnell said in an interview with Fox News. "You've not seen it yet because they've tried to put forward only one proposal. But they're divided among themselves over the appropriateness of cutting off funds for the troops."

Asked whether Democrats could stop the war in Iraq through a restriction in funding, McConnell said: "They could do it if they had the votes and they had the presidential signature. I don't think they're going to have either."

But McConnell also indicated that his patience with regard to Iraq wasn't endless. While he has strongly supported President Bush's "surge" plan, he told Fox that the Iraqis "need to get it right this time."

McConnell's Republicans have twice succeeded this month in stopping the Democrats from moving to a vote on a non-binding resolution opposing the surge. But the Democrats gained more votes on the second try. The first cloture vote Feb. 5 was 49-47, while the second cloture vote Feb. 17 got the support of 56 senators. That is only four shy of the required majority....

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