Rep. Doolittle (R-CA-04) flips on Iraq
The SacBee has the coverage on Doolittle's July 7th position on the Iraq War here, but for some reason fails to mention Doolittle's prior positions on the subject -- when he used the fullest measure of the "cut and run" rhetorical device. It also fails to capture the core of his "new" position -- he now measures the future of the Iraq War in some plastic unit of "months", so he's finally acquired some rudimentary concepts and may develop actual numeracy -- on par with my four year old's notion of when Christmas and birthdays are, and how long from "now" till "then".
The SacBee styles him joining Lugar and Dominici, when they should be stying him, like Dominici, as a failing incumbent looking for distance from what drives his negatives, and the next most likely to join the Congressional Indicted Caucus.
