See also corrente.

Provided by Democratic Wise Man Lee Hamilton:

President Bush staked out his position on Iraq in January, and the House has now staked out its own. Deep divisions between these positions signal a stalemate among our political leaders. There is no unity of effort. Yet the president and the Democratic majorities in Congress will remain in office for nearly two years. They must seek a bipartisan consensus in the months ahead; otherwise, our efforts in Iraq will falter. . . . The House outlines a 2008 target date for U.S. forces to leave Iraq. It sets a direction for policy but leaves implementation to the president. The residual force it authorizes gives the president considerable flexibility to protect U.S. interests with a substantial presence of U.S. troops. The president manages the war and makes the decision about the force level needed to defend U.S. military forces and civilians in Iraq . . . This transition is flexible, not fixed. . . .

Firm "targets?" The President makes the decision about force level? This was the "big win?" Democrats and the Netroots have been had. Hamilton shows you what is to come. The drive for consensus will remove the few teeth left in the House bill. A month from now the gnashing of the missing teeth begins.