Originally Posted by Katczinsky

The point being expressed here is that the Democrats are spineless for choosing the latter, thereby putting Party politics before country and the opportunity to end an illegal war and end the killing of both American and Iraqi lives.

And they're indecisive because their strategy (2) isn't working; even though, generally, a majority of people are happy about Democrats being in control of Congress again, approval ratings for the Presidency are still higher than Congress. Because Congress is seen as an indecisive body full of plutocrats that are influenced from big money...and the Democrats haven't done anything to change that as promised but instead continue to take place in it. Likewise, I believe some Republican presidential candidates are ahead of Democratic candidates in the polls.

If the complaint about Congress is that they don't get anything done, and that they'd rather put big money and Party politics ahead of that ideal, then the Democrats would have gotten much favorable outcomes by pursuing strategy 1.