More Republicans Oppose Bush, But Not Necessarily The War

Well, two more republican's started hedging their bets. Maybe it would be more accurate to say they're thinking about it.

But while expressing sharp disagreement with the strategy of "surging" the number of US troops in Iraq, Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire stopped short of backing legislation that would force the White House to begin a drawdown of US troops in Iraq.

Oh no, they certainly wouldn't want to actually take a position other than being opposed to His Lameness. They're not really opposed to Bush's plan, but they are opposed to being in a larger minority after 2008.

Gregg, who up to now had belonged to the camp of Iraq hardliners, said in an interview with the same newspaper that attempts to put down the Iraqi insurgency with higher numbers of US troops "don't seem to be making a lot of progress."

Hmmmm, I wonder if the fact that he's up for re-election in 2008 has anything to do with this change in position that's really not much of a change. It could be that he wants more troops and wants to send more money and resources down that bottomless pit. The statement that the surge doesn't seem to be working is sort of silly since there is no way to tell if it's working or not and it won't be apparent for months if not years.

This is just backing away from President Albatross.

Jim Martin