HOW COME OUR BASE IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM?

Here's the headline and a relevant excerpt:

Liberal Base Proves Trying to Democrats
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: October 12, 2007

The tension between Democratic lawmakers and their base has been most visible on the Iraq war, where the insistence by some of the most outspoken antiwar groups on setting hard deadlines for the withdrawal of American troops has often handcuffed Senate Democrats trying to reach a bipartisan deal on legislation to change the war strategy.

Herszenhorn must not be aware that MOST of the American public are FOR deadlines.