Analysis: Democrats exact price from Bush for war (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 08/02/2008 - 8:54am

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, introduces Democratic presidential candidate, Sen.<br /><br />Barack Obama, D-Ill., second from left, accompanied by House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, Rep Steny Hoyer, D-Md., third from left, at Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2008.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - They did not end the Iraq war or tackle $4-a-gallon gas. But the Democratic-run Congress created programs this year to educate veterans and feed and house the poor.

Democrats also cuts deals with a weakened GOP president to send voters some economic help.




 

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