By Elliott D. Petty

When, the news fixated itself on the Virginia Tech horror, the Whitehouse quickly responded to the national tragedy.  Spokeswoman Dana Perino expressed the President's heartfelt sympathies for the families of the victims.  She also made a point to confirm the president's position for gun rights and against gun control. 

So as actual information is discovered in the Blacksburg, so to be the fiery debate over gun control in America.  President Bush told ABC News he expects a debate on gun policy, but now is not the time.

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"I think when a guy walks in and shoots 32 people it's going to cause there to be a lot of policy debate," he said. "Now is not the time to do the debate until we're actually certain about what happened. And after we help people get over their grieving. But yeah I think there's going to be a lot of discussion."

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You got that right Mr. President, but some Democrats on the hill appear to be shying away from the argument.   Even as republicans and conservatives are proudly taking advantage of their supposed "I-told-you-so" moment.

What a strategic blunder on the party of the left.  But on the bright side, if it weren't for weak-kneed democrats, Courage Campaign would not exist.  There would be no need.

This unfortunate scenario is exactly why the grassroots must take control of their party.  Democrats traditionally have been in the forefront of efforts to pass gun control legislation, but It was notably absent from the agenda Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled earlier this year when the party took control of the House and Senate for the first time in more than a decade.