In an upcoming piece on McCain, New York Times Magazine reporter Robert Draper gives us this little insight into the whole Palin pick: Having interviewed several of the Senator’s chief aides, Draper details the process by which McCain ultimately chose his running mate (New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was surprisingly high on the list). […]
What a way to silently increase over all troop presence in Iraq. Send in a 30,000 as part of a “surge” and then when you declare it a success, only pull out 20,000. This leaves you a net gain of 10,000 troops: The United States will probably have more troops in Iraq this summer than […]
Joe Biden, Carl Levin and Chuck Hagel are now working on their non-binding resolution to oppose the troop escalation. President George W. Bush on Wednesday tried to shore up support among fellow Republicans for increasing U.S. troops in Iraq but a bipartisan group of senators drew up a resolution opposing his plan. According to a […]