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Donald — 10/19/2006 12:35:00 PM (archived)

Tables Turned for the G.O.P. Over Iraq Issue

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 â€” Four months ago, the White House offered a set of clear political directions to Republicans heading into the midterm elections: embrace the war in Iraq as critical to the antiterrorism fight and belittle Democrats as advocates of a â€œcut and runâ€ policy of weakness.

Go to Election GuideMore Politics News News From Congressional QuarterlyWith three weeks until Election Day, Republican candidates are barely mentioning Iraq on the campaign trail and in their television advertisements.

Even President Bush, continuing to attack Democrats for opposing the war, has largely dropped his call of â€œstay the courseâ€ and replaced it with a more nuanced promise of flexibility.

It is the Democrats who have seized on Iraq as a central issue. In debates and in speeches, candidates are pummeling Republicans with accusations of a failed war.

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My election commentary - Donald - 10/19/2006 3:44:02 AM
- Don't count your chickens, is my advice - alcaray - 10/19/2006 5:19:00 PM
  - re: Don't count your chickens, is my advice - TB - 10/19/2006 6:43:30 PM
    - Actually... - Donald - 10/20/2006 12:07:09 AM
      - You do realize, of course, that there is no real evidence to support this idea. - TB - 10/20/2006 2:41:33 AM
        
        We'll just ignore, of course, the opinions of the NIE. - Tony - 10/20/2006 6:14:27 PM
        
        "What would our intelligence agancies know about it anyway..." - TB - 10/20/2006 6:32:02 PM
        
        Oooh, well dodged. - Tony - 10/20/2006 8:26:37 PM
        
        There is ample evidence that terror rates are growing at an alarming rate. - alcaray - 10/20/2006 4:01:37 PM
        
        Don't move the goalposts. - TB - 10/20/2006 4:18:31 PM
        
        you don't think that terrorism is proportional to the number of terrorists? - alcaray - 10/20/2006 5:54:21 PM
        
        Well argued! (n/t) - Yeti - 10/20/2006 7:07:59 PM
        
        Why should it be? - TB - 10/20/2006 6:40:31 PM
        
        So the cries to build more prisons to combat rising crime rates... - alcaray - 10/20/2006 7:00:54 PM
        
        Tom wears the Yeti Seal of Approval for his argument. Alcary- nicely done. (n/t) - Yeti - 10/20/2006 7:09:22 PM
        
        BTW - Yetster - 10/20/2006 7:10:39 PM
        
        Either of you look at the list? - TB - 10/21/2006 9:05:44 AM
        
        Dont move the goal posts. - tony - 10/21/2006 2:00:32 PM
    - Hey Gronk! Long time no see, buddy! - alcaray - 10/19/2006 8:07:00 PM
      - So, which item on the list is wrong?. - TB - 10/19/2006 8:30:56 PM
        
        if youre dealing in absolutes --- repost - ian cognito - 10/20/2006 12:53:15 AM
        
        What exactly does that mean? - TB - 10/20/2006 2:45:54 AM
        
        if youre dealing in absoltes (n/t) - (anonymous) - 10/20/2006 12:51:18 AM
        
        My post clearly addressed the first item in your list. - alcaray - 10/19/2006 11:45:43 PM
    - re: Don't count your chickens, is my advice - azstrummer - 10/19/2006 7:52:04 PM
      - You forgot - Laurie Street - 10/19/2006 8:51:15 PM
        
        4,000 foreign terrorists dead in Iraq. - TB - 10/19/2006 9:18:33 PM
        
        Just Two questions - (SIGH) - 10/19/2006 11:52:37 PM
        
        re: two answers - TB - 10/20/2006 2:35:20 AM
      - At least mine made sense. - TB - 10/19/2006 8:02:03 PM
        
        re: At least mine made sense. - azstrummer - 10/20/2006 4:41:29 PM
- To reinforce my point... - Donald - 10/19/2006 12:35:00 PM
  - Cheney feels Iraq is doing well - Jack Herer - 10/19/2006 8:03:35 PM

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