Why telegraph the date? Uncertainty in Baghdad is our ally - not Saddam's.
This process has momentum, and we'll see a Congressional measure sooner rather than later as well. The Dems don't value anything but holding the Senate, and they will not hold the Senate if they are diddling on Iraq. The American people want a U.N. involvement if possible. They wanted Bush to do what he did today. Now he has the proxy of all our friends and family who don't follow politics like we do, but who trust this President and understand what is at stake.