Democrats Offer New Agenda - Forget One Item: Iraq

Democratic leaders planned a shindig with the press Friday to unveil a new agenda for America. Trouble is they forgot to address the most fractious topic facing the country: the Iraq war.

Top officials, including Nancy Pelosi of California and Harry Reid of Nevada, laid out a sensible plan on domestic issues, calling it "A New Direction For America" and replacing the tired slogan, "Together, America Can Do Better." It called for raising the minimum wage, creating a tax deduction for college tuition, and eliminating oil and gas subsidies.

On the list as well was money for stem-cell research, a pay-as-you-go budget policy and a 25% reduction in oil use by 2020.

What was noitcably missing was a policy for dealing with the stubborn insurrection in Iraq. After 2004, shouldn't these party leaders know better? Without an Iraq policy, repeated to the public again and again and again, Democrats stand to lose this November. Apparently they can't see the forest for the trees.