Democrats concede that at least 10 members of their own party could vote for the bill.

Democrats conceded that the president had the upper hand.

Yet Democrats on the committee readily concede higher taxes were necessary to gain their support.

Democrats concede that a surge they thought was out of the question earlier this year is not beyond possibility.

Democrats concede they do not have enough votes to override the veto.

Even Democrats conceded that little was likely to change.

But the Democrats conceded that they lacked the votes to defeat it.

But many Democrats concede in private that the debate is largely over for the immediate future.

Even so, some Democrats conceded that he had to take a stand or risk irrelevancy.

If the Democrats concede such a base to the Republicans, they simply cannot expect to win.