I saw Tony Snow's program on FoxNews last night. The panelists were Mara ??, Juan Williams, Bill Kristol, and Brit Hume. It was real interesting to see Juan Williams attempt to blame the politicization of the Iraq situation on Bush, and observe Brit Hume figuratively hand him his head.
Brit said "Wait a minute, Juan", and proceeded to state how Bush had been playing the Iraqi situation extremely low key throughout the spring and summer and that it was the Democrats who asked for the public debate on Iraq. That if Bush had tried to defer the discussion on Iraq, the Democrats would have made a big issue out of it, by accusing Bush of not wanting to inform the public prior to the election "for political purposes".
I recall also, a couple of weeks ago that Daschle said that Congress couldn't take up the Iraqi issue because Bush had not asked for a Congressional resolution. When Bush promptly reequested a Congressional resolution, it was obvious that Daschle had played right into Bush's hands. I suspect that is the primary reason why Daschle had his temper trantrum last week, to try to divert attention.
When Brit stated near the end of the discussion that the Democrats wanted it both ways but couldn't have it both ways, every panelist was forced to agree that the Democrats had created their own political mess! It was great!
ROTFLMBFAO