These guys are just trying to jump on the bandwagon. If you have been paying attention, there have been lots of signals that this is already in the works. It is in the smaller supplemental, in the reduced troop rotation plans, in blair and the pres of Iraq's comments. The Senate is just trying to take credit for it.
EXACTLY!
THis is the snivering idiots trying to make it look like it is THEM bringing the troops home. Like THEY are running the show and telling Bush how to do things....
Oh, I know.
They voted for a resolution of action from the administration, that they were already fullfilling voluntarily. This was grandstanding on behalf of the Senators to claim credit for the administration's actions and successes.
The problem, however, is that it projects a signal they feel they need to assert "control" in the public eye against the administration because of polls. The perception is that they smacked the President, and they certainly smacked the Iraqi people in the demeaning comments made by Warner and collegues.
've lost respect for all but a dozen at most Senators in the body because of it.
Exactly.