Will the GOP finally come to its senses about the war?
Seems they still just don't get it. The latest chapter:
WASHINGTON — The House Republican leader said Sunday that GOP support could waver if President Bush's Iraq war policy does not succeed by the fall. A top Democrat said it would be "ridiculous" to stop insisting on linking new war money and a troop withdrawal.
House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Bush's troop increase deserves a shot.
"We don't even have all of the 30,000 additional troops in Iraq yet, so we're supporting the president. We want this plan to have a chance of succeeding," he said.
"Over the course of the next three to four months, we'll have some idea how well the plan's working. Early signs are indicating there is clearly some success on a number of fronts," he said.
But, he added, "By the time we get to September or October, members are going to want to know how well this is working, and if it isn't, what's Plan B?"
Thus far, Republicans have stood behind the president's increasingly unpopular war policies, including the troop increase and an open-ended war commitment.
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Very simply
Very simply "loyalty to the party and the leader comes first" for republicans. It's Reagan's rule on steroids. They will tell the American people what they want and the American people will jump on our band wagon or get run over by the horses. That is how they think and where their priorities stand.
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