Republicans criticize Bush?

It is nice to see Republicans finally realizing that Bush has mismanaged the war in Iraq. The fact that they all came out marching on the Sunday morning news programs does have me worried a little bit, though. I mean, Hagel is part of Bush's re-election committee, after all.

Of course, a more logical reason would be a fear in the Republican party that Iraq will be Bush's election downfall. Since Kerry has started to focus on Bush's failures there, he has closed the Bush bounce and has now drawn even in most head to head polls. I would think this puts Bush in a more awkward position, however, because any change in policy puts an end to his claims as unwavering in the war on terror. A call for more troops or any policy change would be the biggest flip-flop of this election.

Overall I'm pleased that sensible heads have prevailed and there seems to be bipartisan unity on a better and saner policy in Iraq. But it still eats at me a little that Rove is behind this somehow. We shall see in the weeks to come.