Bush's advisers are crying over spilled strategy

[maddezmom]

Leaks of new Iraq plan gave opponents plenty of time to organize against it, leaving the White House more isolated than ever
By Peter Baker and Michael Abramowitz
WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON - The bipartisan opposition to President Bush's troop increase plan has proved more intense than his advisers hoped and has left them scrambling to find support, but the White House is banking on the assumption that it can execute its "new way forward" in Iraq before Congress can derail it.

The plan to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq was virtually guaranteed to provoke a furor in Washington, Bush advisers said, but the storm was exacerbated by the slow, leaky way that the White House reached a decision. The policy review stretched two months after the election, and the essence of the plan became known long before Bush announced it, making it a political pinata for opponents.

Without Bush making the case for it until last week, resistance hardened, and aides now harbor no hope of winning over Democrats. Instead, they aim mainly to keep Republicans from abandoning him further. Bush invited GOP leaders to Camp David this weekend and will argue his case tonight to the nation on CBS's "60 Minutes." Vice President Cheney and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley will also hit the airwaves today.

"We recognize that many members of Congress are skeptical," Bush said in his radio address Saturday, adding: "Members of Congress have a right to express their views and express them forcefully. But those who refuse to give this plan a chance to work have an obligation to offer an alternative that has a better chance for success. To oppose everything while proposing nothing is irresponsible."

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[PSPS]

1. What a crock. It was the WH that was "running this up the flagpole."

Like every other hare-brained scheme and trick that the bush cabal has come up with, this advance "leaking" was all part of the PR plan, only it doesn't work anymore. The country now realizes bush is an insane, dangerous sociopath who must be stopped. I just hope this new congress understands what the country wants.

[tanyev]

2. Here's my plan.

Bush and Cheney resign. Pelosi takes over. We'll work out the rest of the details later.

[Doctor_J]

3. And Smirk gets another softball interview tonight on 60 min

to tell more lies uncontested. When we tear this thing down, the media whores who have cheered the whole debacle are going pay dearly for their complicity.