Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Catch 22

There's going to be a lot of debate in the coming weeks over whether things are getting better in Iraq.  My guess is that the optimistic reports will be largely offset by the pessimistic news.  I hope I'm wrong.  But, the Democrats need to be thinking about the possibility that things could start improving...

Good Iraq news bad news for House Dems?

The Washington Post has a story today based on an interview with Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the House Majority Whip, in which the lawmaker very candidly said that if Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander of coalition forces in Iraq, provides a largely upbeat report in September on the progress being made in Iraq, that would spell trouble for House Democrats. The problem would be that it would split [...]

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