OINK-OINK SAY THE PIGGIES

"(A)n angry (Rep. Paul) Ryan (R-Wis.) last Wednesday delivered unscripted remarks on the House floor as the farm bill neared passage: 'This bill is an absence of leadership. This bill shows we are not leading.' . . . A majority of both Senate and House Republicans voted for a bill that raises spending 44 percent above last year's, dooming chances to sustain President Bush's promised veto. GOP leaders were divided, with Bush sounding an uncertain trumpet. Today's Republican Party -- divided, drifting, demoralized -- is epitomized by the farm bill."
- Columnist Robert Novak

Uhmmmm...excuse me, but don't we have a Democratic controlled Congress now? I don't want anyone to think I'm trying to deflect blame away from the Republicans who voted for this bill, but doesn't "a Democratic controlled Congress" mean that there are more Democrats than Republicans in Congress? Doesn't that mean that the Democrats could have voted this bill down simply because they have more voting members in Congress?

Even if the majority of Republicans introduced and then voted for the bill, there must have been some Democrats who voted for the bill, or maybe weren't present to vote against it? Either way, it seems to me that there is plenty of blame to go around. From the Republicans who introduced a bill that raises spending 44% over last year, to the other Republicans and Democrats who could have joined forces to defeat the bill.

Am I missing something?