So I was hoping that there wouldn't be much political news until the one of the veeps was chosen. Today I was nowhere near a computer until I got home around 6:30pm, and to my amazement the tubes were abuzz with the McCain house story. I deal with that in a post below. The real news today was that the US agreed to a timeline to remove all troops from Iraq. Today Sec. Rice made a surprise trip to Iraq yesterday and although President Maliki demanded that U.S. combat forces leave by 2010, the tentative agreement calls for US troop withdraw in 2011. Rice kept referring to the agreement as containing "aspirational timetables." Any chance that type of Bush spin is playing well in Iraq? Judging by the McClatchy report, I think the momentum is growing in Iraq to have us withdraw, and the sooner the better.
This is not good news for McCain since he has repeatedly attacked anyone who has recommended or called for a timeline of US combat troop withdraw. It would be interesting to see what his reaction was today, if it wasn't for all the house-porn. Hope we can get to policies soon, pretty please press.
_John
image: "Timeline" from flickr flattop341
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