On "The Situation Room" today, we asked viewers the following questions, and here are some of our favorite responses that we didn't get to read on air:
Are the Democrats starting off on the right foot?
I find it refreshing that Nancy Pelosi experienced a lesson in humility so early in her tenure. With the recent mid-term elections, a lesson in humility that our leaders don't wield absolute power was finally visited upon George W. Bush after six years. If soon-to-be Speaker Pelosi gets that message this early, the next two years should be much better for all of us.
Rob, Downingtown, PennsylvaniaNo, the Democrats started off with the left foot.
Leon, Orlando, Florida
I would have hoped that the high fives, rabid cheerleading and the drooling, unthinking bloodlust that comes with ascension to power would have subsided with a hint of what the united Democrat agenda will be. Listening to the Democrats speak: first, there is not unity on issues and second, they don't have a plan on how to execute their agenda.
Andy, Fairfax, Virginia
They sure are. I don't understand the media making a big deal out of nothing. Pelosi owed Murtha a favor so she gave him her blessing. He lost, Hoyer won, end of story. That's the Democratic way. Let's get on with moving this nation forward.
Rod, North Attleboro, Massachusetts
What will the United States ultimately decide to do about Iraq?
Sorry, Jack, to be blunt and simple, "If you have not learned from the mistakes of your past, you are doomed to repeat them." Korea...Vietnam...case closed.
David, Nova ScotiaSadly, I think we will eventually just have to get out. I do not think the Iraqis will ever take control of the situation and we cannot-- and should not-- be there forever.
Tom, Midland City, Alabama
We'll fumble around for another year, trying to avoid coming to grips with the fact that it is our presence there that undermines the legitimacy of the government and feeds the civil war. Then we'll get out.
John, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Should the Catholic Church be commenting on how the United States chooses to protect its national sovereignty?
What happened to separation of church and state? I think their voice should be heard when their tax exempt status is cancelled.
Gregg, New York
Last time I saw the Vatican, it had an impenetrable wall surrounding it. Isn't that rather elitist and "inhuman" to keep the small and meek out like that?
Christina, Chicago, Illinois
Jack, I think it's time for the church to go back to their own business. All the church should worry about are the broken and crippled and starving people in their own community. We don't have to ship people into this country to add to the poverty and the downtrodden that already exist in the country of the American "dream."
John, Redwood, California
The Catholic Church should spend less time worrying about how individual countries protect themselves and more time on protecting the children placed in their care.
Nicole, Lexington, Massachusetts
