Democrats won the elections last fall going away. They could throw around the m-word (mandate) and nobody would blink. One of the key questions at the time was how long would they maintain the advantage; and could they parlay anger at Republicans in Congress into victories in 2008 and beyond.
The beginnings of the answer are emerging, in a new poll. Proponents of leaving Iraq have gone from being gung-ho about the Democratic congress to quite dissatisfied: they lead a 24-point drop in approval ratings over the past 6 weeks. Of course, that means many centrists are still alright with the Democrats.
Clearly, however, the Democratic leadership will have to show results in order to keep the trust of the American voter. Because now they 'own' the messes in Washington as much as the executive, and some of the messes overseas. It's a hard thing, leadership.
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