Daschle's tactics are just showing the American people that the Dems haven't a clue when it comes to national security and defense. And their insinuation that they should wait until the UN adopts a resolution is totally insincere. So, if the UN adopts a resolution, will the Dems then support a war like they did in 1990? When only 4 Dems supported the Gulf War and the vote occurred after the UN resolution? Daschle seems to always forget that all this is on the record and so easily retrieved, like his blustery language when Clinton wanted to take some sort of action with Iraq. Daschle is a partisan to the core. It's all about the party, not the country.
What President Bush ought to do is request Congress vote on articles of war. I think we can depend on Tom Delay to schedule a vote for early October. This would then put pressure on the Senate to vote. Go ahead let the RATS filibuster on Capitol Hill against the use of force instead of campaigning in their home states. Furthermore, there are some Representatives such as John Thune of South Dakota who are Senate canditates. By voting for the use of force against Iraq, the stalling tactics of the RATS can be used by these Republican candidates against their RAT opponents.
I don't understand how the DemocRATic Party gains from opposing this war.