Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

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But you understand he's talking about the political standing of his party, not about the troops, right?

The Democrats have put pretty much all their eggs into the anti-war basket. If the war starts going well, it will put the Democrats into the position of either flip flopping on the issue or sticking to their position and looking stupid. They lose politically either way.

What they should do, is embrace any positive news because that's what any normal person would do, and then from a political point of view, they should take credit for it. They could argue that their victory in November is what pressured the Administration to change its war tactics. And they would be right.