Bush Doesn't Like Premature Withdrawal

The President is going to have to up the ante and roll-out his withdrawal plan ahead of schedule (that is, ahead of the critical three weeks before the November elections when voters are most tuned-in), because his commander-in-charge, general Casey, just announced that he is going to begin a troop reduction.

If Casey beats Bush to the punch and begins pulling out troops before Bush can stand up in front of a Daughters of the Confederacy fund-raising luncheon and announce that he has ordered those troop withdrawals, he'll lose political capital and look like a fool.

Oops, too late.