Inside the Beltway Conventional Wisdom seems to be a contagious disease that infects many people who spend too much time in DC. On the FISA update bill, polls show a majority against wiretapping without a warrant, yet you voted for it and moved the bill quickly through the House; on impeachment, you famously said it is off the table, yet one poll showed respondents split evenly on the question and another said Bush should be impeached if he lied to get us into war; and a large majority want withdrawal from Iraq, but you have repeatedly caved to Republican demands for full funding for the war in Iraq without any conditions.
Please comment on why you repeatedly choose to buck the majority of the people, who are your ultimate employer, and instead go along with Republican demands on these and other issues.
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