[kAcknor]

Oh no! Got to move them again!

[goldstategop]

Of course. The Dems fully expected Iraq to get bloodier and Al Qaeda to be on the verge of taking over. Instead, things have gotten quieter there and Al Qaeda is all but annihilated. How to conceal the fact they haven't been rooting for victory? Change the subject.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Owen]

The motion towards “compromise” is all on their side and this is a very good thing.

Now the key here is that the declaration of any progress and its adequacy is made by the administration. The Dems have to have a bone to throw to the extremists and the President can ensure it is the smallest possible.

Or make them fund for a full year. They would love to have the new measure something that they have some hopes might still fail, but the writing on the wall says they are going to have to face the chant:

The People Remember Who Pimped Surrender.