SILLY SEASON - AT 9:30 A.M. ET:  The silly season has already begun on the anti-war left in Congress.  The season was toasted in by, of course, a member of the Massachusetts delegation.  This will no doubt earn the lucky guy an invitation to speak before some group at Harvard.  From The Politico:

Anti-war lawmakers in Congress are pressing for an early vote on funding for new troops in Afghanistan so that President Barack Obama’s policy can be tested before thousands of additional Marines and soldiers are sent into combat.

Obama outlined his new strategy in a nationally televised speech from West Point on Tuesday night, and the administration expects to add 30,000 troops by the end of next summer, bringing the total U.S. force to more than 100,000.

“Let us have this debate before he moves forward,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said in an interview Tuesday. “I remember the debates on Iraq. Bush already had the troops there, and then we were debating. ... I’d like it to be before we escalate one single American troop over there.”

That’s a tall order, since the first Marine units are expected to be deployed later this month, but a January or February war funding debate can’t be ruled out and would come before most of the new troops have been sent to Afghanistan.

COMMENT:  The loonies will not give up.  They still can't admit that the surge in Iraq worked.  They still can't admit that we have serious national-security issue.  And yes, they may try for a debate at the start of the year.  The Democratic left generally holds safe seats in the House.  They're not afraid of the 2010 midterms.  It's the responsible moderates who are sweating.

McGovern will be joined by the smooth-talking and Marxist Barbara Lee of California, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, whose members are also proving problematical for Mr. Obama.  The president mentioned last night that there was only one vote in Congress against military action after 9-11.  That vote belonged to Barbara Lee, and, when not singing the praises of Fidel Castro, she's attacking national defense.

The House has an Out-of-Iraq Caucus.  That has now morphed into an Out-of-Afghanistan caucus.  Soon it'll be an Out-of-Kansas Caucus. 

December 2, 2009