capital that they are not spending they say because they are worried about obama economic policies and what new taxes and regulations are going to be imposed. and small business isn t hiring. that is even more important honestly. i think republicans and conservatives will tend to be very dismissive of obama s argument that i m better than bush. people like me are going to say obama s policies failed and what is all the talk about bush. if i were in their shoes that is the argument i would make. the one data, the one question in the otherwise disasterrous polling data. people still blame president bush more for the economic problems we are facing than president obama. i don t think it will stop him from losing a lot of seats but it could stop him from really losing a lot of seats. he has an makes it harder to say about every republican congressional candidate there
capital that they are not spending they say because they are worried about obama economic policies and what new taxes and regulations are going to be imposed. and small business isn t hiring. that is even more important honestly. i think republicans and conservatives will tend to be very dismissive of obama s argument that i m better than bush. people like me are going to say obama s policies failed and what is all the talk about bush. if i were in their shoes that is the argument i would make. the one data, the one question in the otherwise disasterrous polling data. people still blame president bush more for the economic problems we are facing than president obama. i don t think it will stop him from losing a lot of seats but it could stop him from really losing a lot of seats. he has an makes it harder to say about every republican congressional candidate there
sitting on $2 trillion of capital that they are not spending they say because they are worried about obama economic policies and what new taxes and regulations are going to be imposed. and small business isn t hiring. that is even more important honestly. i think republicans and conservatives will tend to be very dismissive of obama s argument that i m better than bush. people like me are going to say obama s policies failed and what is all the talk about bush. if i were in their shoes that is the argument i would make. the one data, the one question in the otherwise disasterrous polling data. people still blame president bush more for the economic problems we are facing than president obama. i don t think it will stop him from losing a lot of seats but it could stop him from really losing a lot of seats. he has an makes it harder to say about every republican
prepared to say now, general, that you are going to meet the deadline all combat troops will be out and the total forces, u.s. force letts b forces willw 50,000 by the end of august? we are on target to be at 50,000 by august. we will still we will have formations here that are able to train combat formations. we will still be able to conduct counter terrorism operations. we will still be able to support provincial reconstruction teams. we are at about 95,000 today, chris. so i our plans are intact. i feel very comfortable with our plan and unless something unforeseen and disasterrous happens i fully expect us to be at 50,000 by the first of september. chris: general, this is another aspect to this and that is that there is widespread speculation in iraq that the u.s. will try to negotiate, renegotiate the status of forces agreement that calls for all u.s. forces to be out by
prepared to say now, general, that you are going to meet the deadline all combat troops will be out and the total forces, u.s. force letts b forces willw 50,000 by the end of august? we are on target to be at 50,000 by august. we will still we will have formations here that are able to train combat formations. we will still be able to conduct counter terrorism operations. we will still be able to support provincial reconstruction teams. we are at about 95,000 today, chris. so i our plans are intact. i feel very comfortable with our plan and unless something unforeseen and disasterrous happens i fully expect us to be at 50,000 by the first of september. chris: general, this is another aspect to this and that is that there is widespread speculation in iraq that the u.s. will try to negotiate, renegotiate the status of forces agreement that calls for all u.s. forces to be out by