[indianrightwinger]

Good to know that the WH is not going to take it any more. With the Miers distraction and Alito's successful introduction out of the way, may be it is the right time to shift gears into fighting mode. :-)

[Pikamax]

This should have been done from the beginning of the year, the dems have been in campaign mode since forever and now the white house decides to do something. better late than never.

[doug from upland]

BRIT HUME TALKED ABOUT THIS ON SUNDAY

[Purrcival]

This actually should have been an ongoing strategy from Day 1 of Term 1, but better late than never, I guess.

[Michael.SF.]

Call me skeptical, but I will believe it when I see it.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Unless they drop a nuke on DNC HQ, I'd say it's too little, too late.

[Danae]

Living so near Liberal Acres, I am so glad to hear that the guys in the white hats will be fighting back! I am so spoilin' for a great fight!!!

[Texas_Jarhead]

That Reid PR on the VP was absurd. The VP or the President should hold his PR with a big screen monitor. Show the Reid comments on the big monitor and then rip each assertion one at a time individually. Alternating between Reid accusation and response.

[balch3]

They're saying the intelligence was "faulty?" How is that hitting back? Why aren't the talking about the parts of Saddam's WMD program that WERE found, and the connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda? Who's running the show up there?

[KJC1]

It's about stinkin' time.

I can't believe the polite-speak sometimes. Just nail it down once and for all, and put this crap to bed.

[Gordongekko909]

The White House needs to get on the offensive and stay there. As ironic as this sounds, Napoleonic French military doctrine is appropriate here: offense at all costs.

The president needs to grab the initiative, secure victories, and parlay those victories into additional offensives.

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."

--Sun Tzu

[DTogo]

Hopefully this won't involve Scott McClellan...

[Prime Choice]

said they hoped to increase what they called their "hit back" in coming days.

Bah. Another all hat and no cattle puff piece. Gee, I'm so thrilled that the drones at Capitol Hill are "hoping" to hit back in the coming days. Me, I'm hoping to win the Lottery.

Judging from the absolutely pathetic non-response we get toward the Democrats, I'm not holding my breath for any action here.

[paudio]

WH is to hit back in the court of public opinion? Great. About time. But can they do that without Swift Boat Vet? Somehow, I doubt Scott McClellan will be able to give sound bites that will put the WH on offensive -- not defensive --mode.

[DuckFan4ever]

Give me a break. Those fools in the White House have ruined an entire year. It's about time for conservatives to jump off that inept sinking ship. If the Bush team can't keep themselves out of the 30% range, it's time for new leadership.

[zarf]

Well, SanFrantastic........it's about time!!

[Soul Seeker]

I'm sorry to say this, but if warning their opposition about a coming offensive is considered "hitting back"? Don't even bother.

They shouldn't be telegraphing warnings, they should simply Hit back. How hard is it? tell the TRUTH. Don't say, hey, we all had fault intelligence. State Saddam was a brutal dicatator that tried to assasinate a U.S. President, committed mass murder, fired on our troops, and denied U.N. inspectors entrance. Now the Iraqi people are about to vote on their new government after passing a Constitution. State how this positively impacts the WOT and educate people of our own constitutional history.

None of this needs to be strategized.

They are making this a damn sight more difficult than it really is, and diluting the impact of the offensive by warning "shock and awe" is coming.

My advice for the W.H. starts with a simple act. Get rid of Scott McClellan. Replace with an Ari figure.

[cubreporter]

Why don't they talk to FNC instead of CNN?

[Old Flat Toad]

Anonymous WH sources to CNN????? That's a bad joke right there. SETUP ALERT!!!!!

[MilesVeritatis]

It's about time the WH got what this squirrel has:

[malia]

mpo is, this is just what the Dems are waiting for. Remember those 16 words spoken over 5 years ago - if I've heard them referred to once today I have at least 8 xs. Theyv'e driven them in the ground and now they are looking for some new ones.

Noone has made an issue of the WMD that were reported from 1997-January 2001. The news re-broadcasts hillary, Kennedy, Kerry in 2002 but lets hear what they said before President Bush became President.

They are waiting to get 'um!!! So beware. Don't play their game -