Drudge’s breaking news is the headline “DEMS ANNOUNCE PLAN TO WIN BACK CONGRESS.”

It’s a few years late – better late than never, right? – but the Democrats are finally ready to state what they think are the most important issues facing us and what they intend to do about them if they gain control of Congress in November.

I clicked the link and after waiting a while for the crush on the Dem’s servers to ease, read the plan.

And I’m stunned. Here is what comprises their plan for “A NEW DIRECTION FOR AMERICA":

• Make Health Care More Affordable: Fix the prescription drug program by putting people ahead of drug companies and HMO’s…
• Lower Gas Prices and Achieve Energy Independence: Crack down on price gouging…
• Help Working Families: Raise the minimum wage…
• Cut College Costs: Make college tuition deductible from taxes….
• Ensure Dignified Retirement: Prevent the privatization of Social Security…
• Require Fiscal Responsibility: Restore the budget discipline of the 1990s…

Very good plan…for a pre-9/11 election! What the heck is wrong with the Dem leadership that they ignored the Global War on Terror?

They do know there’s a war on because today 149 Democrats voted against a resolution “Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.”

The resolution passed anyway of course, because Republicans don’t have to appease a crazy anti-war fringe, so they can assert that the U.S. will win the GWoT without fearing a backlash from their base.

On the same day as that shameful vote, the Dem leadership releases “A New Direction for America” that doesn’t even mention the GWoT or conflict in Iraq. Forget “stuck on stupid” the Democrats are “intent on immolation!”

I predicted months ago, back when things looked black for the GOP, that the Republicans wouldn’t lose control of Congress this election cycle, but what with the continuing displays of incompetence by Pelosi and Reid when it comes to national security issues, it doesn’t look like such a risky bet now.

You know, sometimes never is better than late!

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