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  • Democrats React Warily to the Baker Report

    12/08/2006 3:27:54 AM PST · by Mo1 · 24 replies · 855+ views
    Time ^ | Dec. 07, 2006 | DOUGLAS WALLER
    With the Bush administration on the defensive in the wake of the strong critique of its Iraq policies by the Iraq Study Group, the Democrats might be expected to be cheering. But key Democrats in Congress are keeping their distance from the report. Critics of the war opponents obviously liked the report's stark portrayal of the deteriorating situation in Iraq and its blunt assessment of failed Bush administration policies there. But while seeking to "pivot off that to put it squarely back in the lap of the President to propose a way forward in Iraq," in the words of one...