Can’t the woman count? She had less of a majority to work with than Newt had in 1995. If the voters were against the war in November, 1996, it was because things were going badly in Iraq. She bet the farm on the failure of the “surge.” hoping to break away some pubbies before the Surge really began in June? I’ll give Boehner credit. He will make an effective speaker if we win in’08.
Yes it actually began when the final contingent of troops and equipment arrived during the second week of June '07.