From ABC News, 7/8/07:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=3356252&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
After a week-long recess, Congressional members will head back to
Capitol Hill this week.
And some top Republicans openly are discussing defying President
George Bush and supporting a bill to bring home overseas troops.
Six Republican Senators have signed a bill that calls for implementing
the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, including setting
conditions for a possible redeployment of U.S. troops next spring.
A growing sense that the president's surge strategy isn't working may
be driving the shift.
"The overall level of attacks have gone up," said Tony Cordesman, a
senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
and an ABC News national security consultant.
"The overall levels of Iraqi casualties have gone up, and so have
American casualties."
For Republicans on the ballot in 2008, the war has become a serious
liability.
"If the campaign were to take place in the current context, the
Democrats would have a huge advantage, and this'd have to be on the
minds of many Republicans," said Brookings Institution senior fellow
Michael O'Hanlon.
"This Week" host George Stephanopoulos said on "Good Morning America
Weekend Edition" that the handwriting is on the wall for President
Bush.
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