Atrios is screaming, but no one at the top of the Democratic Party seems to be listening when he says repeatedly - and utterly correctly - that Bush will never leave Iraq, no matter how many members of the James Baker/Leon Panetta/David Broder WiseOldMenOfWashington Party ask him.

How is that little old me, one of the blogosphere's most disreputable rabid lambs, understands what's going a hell of a lot better than The Wise Old Men of Washington? Really, I'm just aghast at this. Bush has made it quite clear for months and years that leaving is losing. My brilliant insight isn't based on my ability to look deep into his soul, it is based on my ability to hear what he has said over and over again. It's possible the ISG could've provided cover for Bush to shift from "stay the course!" to something slightly different, but only if that slightly different thing didn't involve, you know, leaving. Bush has made that perfectly clear repeatedly. Leaving is losing. Staying is winning. It's that simple.

Atrios is exactly right with his diagnosis. For those of us who think the continued occupation of Iraq is a catastrophe, the question is: what is the solution?

It's idiotic to try to find a way to change his mind. Bush doesn't have a mind. He's the Decider, and That's That.

(And that's why his approval rating is down to 30% - because the 70% of Americans who do have minds have finally figured out that Bush doesn't have one.)

There are only two ways to get the U.S. out of Iraq.

1. Get Bush and Cheney out of the White House through impeachment, as advocated by ImpeachForChange.org

2. Vote down this spring's $160 billion appropriation to fund the occupation, as advocated by Progressive Democrats of America

Here at Democrats.com, we're putting all of our efforts into both of these solutions.

Atrios, are you with us - or are we just Dirty F*in Hippies?