CAN I QUOTE YOU ON THAT?

[M]ost Democrats would rather take the easy route of criticizing the present than the risky one of offering a new path for the future. In a Google search, the phrase "Democrats attack Bush" turns up nearly 50 times as often in the past year as "Democrats offer plan."

How about this:

On national security, some in our party believe that all we have to say on Iraq is "I told you so." To the contrary, Democrats must show their commitment to staying the course and winning in Iraq. We believe, as Tony Blair has said, that the gravest threat to our future is weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorists or rogue states. Whatever anyone thought before, this isn't Bush's war now, it's America's war, and the free world's war on terror.

Both quotes are from a column penned by Democrat Leadership Conference CIO Al From and DLC President Bruce Reed, Nov. 19, 2003. Fortunately for President Bush (but unfortunately for the purpose of national unity in the face of war), most Democrats won't listen to them.