It was recently reported that Rep. John Murtha was interested in being Majority Leader if the Democrats won the House in November... Murtha's desires for the leadership position, however, evidently caused panic in the Democratic Party, which had sought comfort in not having a single, unified position on Iraq. They have now convinced Murtha not to campaign for the post until after the election...

While Murtha is a useful idiot of the Democratic Party, advocating a cut-and-run strategy in Iraq, as Majority Leader, he'd no longer be an asset, but rather a liability to the Democratic Party. If Murtha started campaigning for the post now, he'd contribute to the image of Democrats being weak and soft on terror -- which is already true, but he'd just contribute to it more -- and he'd probably spark an internal debate within the Democratic Party about Iraq... which is the last thing they want. As of right now, Democrats have no unified position on Iraq. They have their outspoken critics of the war who either support finishing the job, or cutting and running. A lack of a unified position insulates them from offering a plan for Iraq, which clearly they haven't the foggiest idea how to come up with a plan. Democrats can't risk exposing their incompetence before the 2006 election. They need to be elected and given power before they can start pretending they know what they're doing.

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