DEMOCRATS IN A PICKLE OVER THE WAR:

Democrats face a host of risks as they move toward more substantive steps to tie President Bush’s hands with funding restrictions on the Iraq war.

Leaders are wary of allowing the more intense anti-war activists define the party’s image.

As they should be. Unfortunately, it’s a bit late for that. (Via John Hinderaker, who comments: “In all of the convoluted political calculations detailed by the AP, there is not a single word, by any Democrat of any stripe, about what is best for the troops, for the Iraqi people, or for the security of the United States.”).