Are Republicans finally yielding to the idea that REALITY is more important than talking points?

[jsamuel]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16610773/site/newsweek/

The Senate: The Republican Revolt
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Senior administration officials, who declined to speak on the record about private deliberations, say the president knows he has to show real improvements in Iraq within two or three months or risk losing even more GOP support. "All the talking points aren't going to make the difference," says a senior aide. "What matters is what happens ... on the streets and the neighborhoods of Baghdad."
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[butterfly77]

1. Talk, Talk, Talk..

anything can happen between now and then...

[Mandate My Ass]

2. No, they're yielding because they got their asses handed to them

last November. It's not close enough to steal anymore so they're worried about their re-election prospects, in keeping all those perks, and not anything else.