So President Bush tonight will announce a troop drawdown in Iraq, by next year, of some 5,700 troops. Interesting--recently, a Democratic Party political strategist predicted Bush's move and said Democrats should simply "take yes for an answer" to it. Quote: "The Democratic strategist takes my notebook again and writes out the statement he would like to issue after Bush announces that he intends to begin withdrawing U.S. troops: "This is an important and historic step away from the status quo of more troops, more money, more time and more of the same. It is however the first step, and only the first step." That's the smart Democratic strategy, he argues, to take credit for altering the course of the war."
But right now it appears Democrats will just say no. And, perhaps (yet again) begin to move away from the mainstream.
