The Democrats seem surprised that Americans are angry that they have not ended the war yet.

The new Democratic-led Congress is drawing the ire of voters upset with its failure to quickly deliver on a promise to end the Iraq war.

This is reflected in polls that show Congress -- plagued by partisan bickering mostly about the war -- at one of its lowest approval ratings in a decade. Surveys find only about one in four Americans approves of it.

"I understand their disappointment," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "We raised the bar too high."

I feel the same frustration but I also know that the Dems cannot just go in and end this conflict and this is why:

Democrats told voters they would move swiftly to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.

But they now say voters must understand they need help from Republicans to clear procedural hurdles, override presidential vetoes and force Bush to change course.

But if the Republicans stand by their President and make it impossible they cannot really believe that this will mean that they will retain their offices in the 2008 elections. Or do they?

"If Democrats fail to reverse course, the dynamics in the 2008 elections may shift significantly, allowing Republicans to run as the party of change ... only two years after Democrats successfully campaigned on that same theme," Senate Republican leaders told their ranks in a letter last week.

This is simply bullshit. We know that our only hope of ever getting our troops out of Iraq rests with the Democrats, and we are certainly are not stupid enough to fall back on the sycophantic Republicans to accomplish that goal.

So for those liberal websites who are suggesting that we withhold money from the Democrats if they do not end the war, I just have to say how does it feel to be playing right into Karl Roves hands?