Like most people on the left, I don't think much of John Warners proposal for a token withdrawal of American troops by Christmas. If Warner doesn't think the surge should be successful, he should just join the Democrats in calling for a withdrawal.
Yet, it seems like Warner's speech has pretty much stopped the "Save the Surge" momentum that had been developing since the O'Hanlan/Pollack op-ed a couple of weeks ago. It certainly wrong-footed the Bush administration which had to backtrack and ask if they still had Warner's support.
Between Warner's speech, the pessimistic NIE Report, and Peter Pace's recommendation for troop withdrawals, it looks like the Save the Surge campaign will have to start over.
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