The funny thing about the Media and Republicans is how little they seemed to have learned from this most recent election.

For two years they, Media and Republicans, forecast that the Democratic Party was self destructing by (1) paying attention to the blogs, (2) focusing on Iraq, (3) being harshly critical of the Bush Administration; (4) fighting against social security privatization; (5) not reaching out to "values" voters; (6) not "compromising" on choice; (7) opposing torture; (8) listening to Murtha; etc.

The elections seemed to prove them wrong to reasonable people. But here they go again:

Having been distracted from the message they wanted to convey in the wake of the midterm elections by Nancy Pelosi's bizarre decision to throw her weight behind John Murtha in his futile campaign against Steny Hoyer for the Majority Leader's position, House Democrats can be forgiven for being quite angry at Charlie Rangel for disrupting their message anew.

Oy. They never learn. Rangel's Modest Proposal, as Josh Marshall cleverly labels it, is about Iraq. There will be no draft. Because our country will not sacrifice more blood and treasure on this Debacle.

The funniest thing is the idea that Democrats might be labelled a warmongering party because of Rangel's proposal. Can you imagine that? Cutting and running and warmongering at the same time?

Sure Republicans. You go with that.