Just got this video release. I haven’t even had time to look at it — except to see that Lindsey Graham (whose office sent it) and Joe Lieberman appear on the screen. It appears initially to be about this:
AP-BC WAR POST
//Senate Signals Move Toward Major Change in Iraq Strategy//(Washn)
By Shailagh Murray and JonathanWASHINGTON — A bipartisan consensus to dramatically alter the U.S. military mission in Iraq began to emerge Wednesday in the Senate, but no specific approach has yet attracted the broad support necessary for a veto-proof majority.
… Wednesday, on the first in a series of Iraq amendments to the annual
defense policy bill, seven GOP senators voted with Democrats to break a
Republican filibuster of a proposal from Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., to
require longer troop rest periods between combat deployments. Six of
the seven Republicans are vulnerable 2008 incumbents. The effort still
failed 56 to 41, with 60 votes needed for passage. But the seven
Republican votes were surprising, considering that a similar measure in
the House last spring was roundly denounced by Republicans as a "slow
bleed strategy."…
I’ve got several hours of work before I can stop to review it myself. You look, and react if you choose…
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Two days’ blog with no visible response.
After all that talk about dos and don’ts, Is that what Brad really wants?
Surely not my taunts,
Not when he’s fretting with picas and fonts.
Those can be harrowing haunts,
Even if you’ve been there more than once
And you’re not a dunce,
PDFs can require some stunts
For both big brains and cunning runts.
Then the curtain falls and Weldon exeunts.