The AP just reported that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is threatning to filibuster any attempts by the Democrats to block Bush’s escalation plan. This is ironic, considering what McConnell was saying in his majority days of the filibuster: Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell said yesterday that Republicans have enough votes to invoke the “nuclear option” […]
It is being reported that Bush will call for an additional 20,000 troops tonight, but opposition to his plan is growing fast on the right side of the aisle: Democratic leaders said Tuesday that they intended to hold symbolic votes in the House and Senate on President Bush’s plan to send more troops to Baghdad, […]
MSNBC: A first wave of additional U.S. troops will go into Iraq before the end of the month under President Bush’s new plan, a senior defense official said Tuesday. Up to 20,000 troops will be put on alert and be prepared to deploy under the president’s plan, but the increase in forces on the ground […]
And a new story has emerged that he MUST answer for: President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a “signing […]
NBC is reporting: In a guest column in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal President Bush addressed a range of issues. On Iraq he said he’ll reveal his new strategy in the coming days. Administration officials tell NBC News it will involve sending some 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq. The plan is being called surge and […]
So the families of the nearly 3,000 lost soldiers and rest of the American and Iraqi people need to understand that: President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft […]
President Bush is bracing for what could be an onslaught of investigations by the new Democratic-led Congress by hiring lawyers to fill key White House posts and preparing to play defense on countless document requests and possible subpoenas. Bush is moving quickly to fill vacancies within his stable of lawyers, though White House officials say […]
There has been all this talk about increasing the size of the U.S. military, but with recruitment levels so low, where is Bush going to get these new bodies? One thought is the “stop-loss” program the military has been using in Iraq. Of course that is very damaging to the moral of our troops and […]
The decider speaks: President Bush said Wednesday he would “not be rushed” into a decision on a strategy change for Iraq, saying that in a round of consultations he heard both some interesting ideas and some “ideas that would lead to defeat.” “And I reject those ideas,” Bush said after meeting with top generals and […]
Looks like Americans are still not pleased with Iraq, no matter how many new catch phrases the administration comes up with: Negative assessments of the war in Iraq — the central issue in last month’s midterm election — continue to hold down President Bush’s job approval ratings and could cast a pall on the final […]