chest up overpromise and underdeliver. i wouldn t get too no victory parades yet. they are going to pick up seats but not overplay. i m not counting my chickens before they hatch as a conservative. joy behar graceless melt down that we saw today on the view is the left really losing it because they thought that the obama/democrat revolution of two years ago was relatively permanent. what they are now seeing is that there is a counter revolution that has already begun. we saw it in new jersey and virginia and massachusetts with scott brown. we will see it more again next tuesday. bill: colmes will have the last word. if i were you and i objected with behar, bill, just walk off. bill: that s right. just walk off. bill: i m glad she walked off with me and didn t call me a b word and i m going to hell. i didn t get that, at least. we re praying for you, o reilly. bill: i need prayer. so please continue. next on the rundown, the walls may be closing in on npr as some of
is there victory in the broad sense for the president to claim in ending combat operations is probably the best way to say it. it was his schedule. the military pushed back against getting you know, going down to 50,000 troops as quickly as he wanted. there was a compromise of three months. sure, he can complaint credit forgetting down to 50,000 troops. there is a problem, of course, in that there is still violence in iraq, and while the combat mission is officially over, we know 50,000 troops, they are going to shoot back if shot at, and they are on combat patrols with iraqi forces. it s very fragile right now. there was a suicide bombing in baghdad just over the weekend. there was a wave of attacks the week before he made the speech. so i can assure you that there are no huge victory parades right now, you know, in iraq or at the pentagon. and given the flack president bush took about his aircraft error moment, and i was surprise it s a big speech.
would have liked to accomplish, and we will see if they can do it in the next 60 days or in two years. in ending combat operations, it s probably the best way to say it it was his schedule. the military pushed back against getting you know, going down to 50,000 troops as quickly as he wanted. there was a compromise that three months. sure, he can complaint credit forgetting down to 50,000 troops. there is a problem, of course, in that there is still violence in iraq, and while the combat mission is officially over, we know 50,000 troops, they are going to shoot back if shot at, and they are on combat patrols with iraqi forces. it s very fragile right now. there was a suicide bombing in baghdad just over the weekend. there was a wave of attacks the week before he made the speech. so i can assure you that there are no huge victory parades right now, you know, in iraq or
public perception but the way it was being dealt on on capitol hill and to develop a better strategy. he developed a better strategy and extremely candid with the country and congress about what needed to be done with iraq and plans in the future. his success, robert gates, is one of the reasons president obama asked him to stay. the only bush hold over in president bush s cabinet. today defense secretary gates said much work remains in iraq. the most recent elections have yet to resolve in a coalition government. sectarian tensions remain a fact of life. al qaeda in iraq is beaten but not gone. this is not a time for premature victory parades or self-congratulations. the president will echo those sentiments tonight it s worth pointing out, shepard, of the forces still in iraq all are trained for combat and special forces ranks have not been diminished and be right alongside the iraqi counterparts going after those who seek to
action. shannon: mike, any gleeful democrats on the hill celebrating after republican leaders were forced to change their plans after they said the vote was happening this week? we saw smiles on capitol hill on the democrat side but no victory parades yet. a a lot of democrats expect the majority leader will be wheeling and dealing to try to get the votes. senator mcconnell won t give up. he wants to get to yes and so does president trump even though their bill will mean families healthcare costs will go up, it will gut medicaid and undermine protections for people with pre-existing conditions and throw tens of millions of people off coverage. senator chris van holland saying it s not over until it s over and not dead until it s dead. the fact that senate republicans has delayed the vote is welcome news but we have to double our efforts to fight over the july fourth