Whither Congress?

Now that Dumbfuck has waved his mighty veto pen (for only the second time! after six years of the DUMBEST Congresses on record!), Congress is pondering where to go from here. Greg Sargent, at TPM, has a good post today, with input from a congressional aide. There seem to be two approaches developing followings, neither of which is my favorite (offering him the same bill, with a shorter withdrawal date- repeating with shorter dates each time it's vetoed.)

First is the one of the two, I prefer; giving him the funding but for a shorter period, three-six months. I like this better than the other, the full funding bill with benchmarks, for two reasons: one) Bush will sign off on benchmarks and either 'signing statement' out his 'beautiful mind' or just ignoring them altogether and two) it will force the Repugs and the Blue Dog Dems to repeatedly signal their support of the war. The Repugs I want to see yoked to this war like Prometheus to his rock, and if the Blue Dogs want to join them, then fuck them, and chain them to the rock as well.

Not a pretty prospect for anyone, particularly the troops, who regardless of the path followed at the far end of Pennsylvania Av, are stuck in hell indefinitely.