The Black Republican

Drudge is linking to a news item that House Republicans are forcing a vote on Rep. Jack Murtha's Iraq-pullout bill that everyone expected had no hope of seeing the floor.

"We want to make sure that we support our troops that are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. "We will not retreat."

...By forcing the issue to a vote, Republicans placed many Democrats in a politically unappealing position - whether to side with Murtha and expose themselves to attacks from the White House and congressional Republicans, or whether to oppose him and risk angering the voters that polls show want an end to the conflict.

The article includes this absolute gem: "House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi had no immediate reaction to the planned vote." That's gotta be the first time since she took over the minority that the darling of San Fran has shut her big fat mouth.