House has just approved Iraq War Withdrawal Timetable

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

BAD move (R) - but Bush will veto it and won't get overrulled.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Americans support this bill 56% to 37% in the new WSJ poll out today:

The poll — which was taken of 1,004 adults from April 20-23, and which has an overall margin of error of 3.1 percentage points — comes as Congress considers an supplemental spending bill that would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq no later than Oct. 1, with the goal of having all combat troops leave by March 2008. The legislation hits the House floor on Wednesday, and heads to the Senate on Thursday.

Yet the poll shows that 56 percent say they agree more with the Democrats in Congress who want to set a deadline for troop withdrawal, versus the 37 percent who say they agree with Bush that there shouldn't be a deadline.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18312789/

1) 56% is not people in congress
2) 56% doesn't override a veto.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

BAD move (R) - but Bush will veto it and won't get overrulled.

It's a first step to defunding the war or forcing Bush to change course in a meaningful way.

Sure Bush will veto it. But what happens next? A veto will not get him his money. All Congress has to do to defund the surge is not send him a bill - he can not veto them not sending him a bill - so the stage is set for a negotiation. There is plenty to come on this - and the next few steps in this process will determine if it was a good move or a bad move for Congress.

I think the public/pro-troop Americans (most) will discourage that and it'll hurt the Dems, not help them - especially w/ the independents/undecideds.