This is why we have to vote Democrat!

The Republican establishment is rallying to the defense of President Bush and his controversial war strategy, with some GOP members of Congress cherry-picking intelligence about a resurgent Al Qaeda to buy at least two more months for Bush's Iraq strategy.

Republican leaders on Tuesday pounced on a newly released National Intelligence Estimate to argue that the increasingly powerful and ominous Al Qaeda presence justifies current troop levels in Iraq at least until September. Democrats said the NIE proved nothing more than that the Iraq war has helped make Al Qaeda more dangerous.

With Democrats pressing for a straight up-or-down vote on a plan to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by next spring, Republicans are increasingly playing the "Al Qaeda card" to delay, at least for two more months, any major Senate vote on changing war policy.

Look I am not all that happy with the Democrats either, but we have got to get the Republicans as marginalized as much as possible. These morons cannot, or will not, remove their lips from George Bush's ass no matter how idiotic his Iraq strategies get.

And what do these Republicans think that General Petraeus are going to tell them that they cannot find out for themselves by watching the news, interviewing the troops, or just using their own common sense? Is it possible that they believe that Petraeus has access to some secret information that nobody else has access to? I mean he is one of the most widely reported on places in the world. I seriously doubt that the General can give a positive report about Iraq, and if he does no serious politician can believe it to be true.

SO then what happens? Does Petraeus come back give a negative report and the Republicans turn to their Democrat counterparts and say "Hey I guess you guys were right! What do you think we should do now?"

Or do they get a report that is negative but claims that if we just keep doing what we are doing their will finally be a different outcome? I think we all know what the definition of insanity is by now.

So I guess I just do not know what game the Republicans are playing here. They stand to lose every ounce of credibility, and to make the Democrats look comparatively clairvoyant. How is that a politically smart thing to do?

In my opinion the Republicans are toast! I mean haven't they been watching the McCain campaign?