[Eva]

No, I think that the NYT article was just an attempt to separate Bush from his conservative base. I guess it worked for a little while. Alot of you seemed to fall for it. You should know by now that the NYT is a Democrat mouthpiece and that every article has to be parsed for spin.

[B Knotts]

No, I think that the NYT article was just an attempt to separate Bush from his conservative base.

That may be the case for some, but I think you are confusing criticism for abandonment. In this case, it appears that the criticism had exactly the desired result: the President acknowledged as much by distancing himself from the report today.