Interesting - a republican controlled Congress will start holding hearings regarding what's up in Iraq. Basically that means they're not satisfied with the official word coming (or not coming?) from the WhiteHouse. Could this be congress getting cajones, and taking some responsibility for america's future, instead of rubber-stamping anything the president wants? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4786425/
"Many lawmakers who visited their districts on the just-ended spring recess faced constituents’ questions about Iraq. Polls are showing an increase in the number of Americans who think troops should come home and a reduction in support for the president’s handling of Iraq. Already, almost six in 10 of those surveyed say he does not have a clear plan for success in Iraq. Republicans say Bush eased some Americans’ concerns with his news conference last week when he pledged to stay the course in Iraq. Democrats say he was short on details." In terms of the last paragraph, how can anyone say he "eased concerns". While he arguably may have "impressed some Americans with his steadfastness", does anyone feel that he "eased concerns"?
Polls are all over the map on Bush, Iraq and the War on Terror. He's loosing support in terms of the things that one would think would hurt his case but overall they still support him. They claim that Iraq is figuring more important in their thinking, they say that they have doubts but Bush approval rating is going up. One can easily read whatever one wants to in these polls. To the topic, it's about time congress stepped up its act. The coutnry really does need a multifacited conversation on this topic and good congressional hearings, with the obligatory grandstanding, would do some good.