GOP Lawmakers Edge Away From Optimism on Iraq

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Some in GOP shift stances on Iraq

By Jonathan Weisman
The Washington Post
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/07-06/07-20-06/04world-nation.htm

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Rank-and file Republicans who once adamantly backed the administration on the war are moving to a two-stage new message, according to some lawmakers. First, Republicans are making it clear to constituents they do not agree with every decision the president has made on Iraq. Then they boil the argument down to two choices: staying and fighting or conceding defeat to a vicious enemy.

The shift is subtle, but Republican lawmakers acknowledge that it is no longer tenable to say the news media is ignoring the good news in Iraq and painting an unfair picture of the war.

complete cast of clipped-wing chickenhawks: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/07-06/07-20-06/04world-nation.htm

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1. kick

[Jacobin]

2. I saw Trent Lott interviewed last night about the M.E.

He hemmed and hawed about IraqNam, saying he 'questioned the president about it' and pretended he wasn't for the invasion (!), but then said: "Things would be worse right now in Iraq if Saddam were still in power" :eyes:

They are all over the place with their 'positions'