LOOKS LIKE A BIG WIN FOR BUSH on the war. The Democrats may wonder, when this is done, why they didn’t get this over with in August. Their base is unhappy with their support for the war, but the delay and kvetching has probably cost them votes with people who favor war.

UPDATE: The resolution has passed the House 296-133.

ANOTHER UPDATE: My Congressman, “Baghdad John” Duncan, voted against the resolution. No explanation given. I called his office, and they said that they didn’t know why he voted that way. Weird, as he’s said nothing that I’ve seen to suggest that he was opposed to the President’s position on this.

YET ANOTHER UPDATE: A reader emails me a statement of Duncan’s from July, saying that we shouldn’t turn the “Department of Defense” into the “Department of War.” Boy, this hasn’t gotten any local coverage that I’ve seen. And no, nobody’s actually calling him “Baghdad John” — though I imagine that he’ll get some criticism over this one.