Rank-and file Republicans who once adamantly backed the administration on the war are moving to a two-stage new message, according to some lawmakers. First, Republicans are making it clear to constituents they do not agree with every decision the president has made on Iraq. Then they boil the argument down to two choices: staying and fighting or conceding defeat to a vicious enemy.GOP Lawmakers Edge Away From Optimism on Iraq (Washington Post, July 20, 2006)
The shift is subtle, but Republican lawmakers acknowledge that it is no longer tenable to say the news media are ignoring the good news in Iraq and painting an unfair picture of the war.
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"It's like after Katrina, when the secretary of homeland security was saying all those people weren't really stranded when we were all watching it on TV," said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.). "I still hear about that. We can't look like we won't face reality."
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson
20 July 2006
The evolving Republican message on Iraq
Yep, there's an election coming up... and plenty of worried (and vulnerable) Republicans.
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