GOP becomes party of change as they announce monthly troop reductions

[papau]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-02-bush-sixth-year_x.htm

"'We don't have to be out of Iraq by September' to boost Americans' views of the war and help Republicans fare well in November's elections, Norquist says. What we have to do is: Iraq with an elected leadership. Iraq every two months with some announcement that more U.S. troops are coming back — a steady sense of that.'" As the GOP becomes the party of change.

Bush entering a tough time for two-termers

By David Jackson and Susan Page, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — For President Bush, 2005 was a year of growing public impatience with the Iraq war, angst over record gas prices, devastation from Hurricane Katrina, the collapse of his Social Security plan and, finally, a firestorm over his decision to authorize targeted domestic spying without court warrants.<snip>
Top aides say Bush aims to travel more often and speak out more forcefully, touting the economy as underappreciated good news. The Pentagon already has canceled the deployment to Iraq of two brigades, or about 7,000 soldiers, the first small step in a hoped-for drawdown of U.S. troops there. To avoid the sort of stalemate that undermined his Social Security proposal, Bush will downsize his domestic agenda, proposing changes in immigration law but shelving, at least for now, plans for a tax overhaul.<snip>
•Bring some troops home — or at least keep them safer. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced during a surprise pre-Christmas visit to Fallujah, Iraq, that the administration would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq this year. Bush emphasizes that how many and how fast will depend on how well Iraqi security forces progress. "The conditions on the ground will dictate our force level," he said Sunday after visiting injured veterans at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. <snip>
•Talk up the economy. In Chicago on Friday, Bush is slated to deliver the first in a series of speeches touting the economy. He credits tax cuts passed in his first term for strong economic growth and job creation last year — "the envy of the world," he said in his radio address on Saturday. Some of those cuts are due to expire soon, and he pledges to make them permanent.
The White House also plans to put forward programs designed to bolster what it calls economic security: tax-free health savings accounts, pension changes and help for the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast. Bush will spotlight the start of the prescription-drug program for Medicare recipients, though the sign-up period got off to a rocky start amid complaints of confusion from some seniors.
Potential problem: The expensive drug program and hurricane relief will add to the federal budget deficit, already a source of concern.<snip>

[tridim]

1. How about the monthly GOP reduction?

As they're steadily carted off to prison for crimes against the country. That's a change I fully support.

[papau]

2. :-) - the US media has a hard time giving that kind of news "legs"

wonder why?