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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (20097)4/8/2008 12:39:39 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224649
 
Will Petraeus and Crocker End Clinton’s Campaign?
by Jed Babbin

Posted: 04/07/2008

The Democrats fear tomorrow. Not only in the metaphysical sense, but literally. Tomorrow, Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker will report again on the situation in Iraq. And before a session of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Petraeus and Crocker will face two of the three competitors for the presidency.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is the ranking Republican on the committee. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) ranks tenth out of thirteen Democrats. It is not only the rankings that will disadvantage Clinton. The befuddlement of Democrats at how to deal with Petraeus, Crocker and the whole issue of the war will be front and center for two days across every front page, on every television news and radio talk show.

The Democrats’ Iraq incoherence has been on display since Friday. Then, their Congressional leadership -- sixteen in all, including Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid -- sent a letter that pleaded with President Bush to end the war before the end of his term. They insisted on a greater role in...

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