That answers that

One thing that came out of the President's presser this morning is an answer to when President Bush will pull our troops out of Iraq. The answer is he won't:

President Bush said Tuesday the decision about when to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq will fall to future presidents and Iraqi leaders, suggesting that U.S. involvement will continue at least through 2008.

At least we can stop that debate - we're in until at least 2008. And Bush also places our national security interests in the hands of foreign leaders, something John Kerry was lambasted for saying even though he never actually did. So some Republicans worst fears have come true - a President relying on foreign powers to make decisions. Nice work, fellas.

If the President isn't lying, and we are in Iraq until 2008, I can't imagine that remaining behind the war will be a politically viable option without a serious change in direction. And the question will change from how long do we remain in Iraq to one of how we leave. I imagine that the Republican candidate will be allowed to skip out on his party's responsibility for getting us there in the first place.

However, if things have really changed, he will get all the reward for being a Republican.

It's potentially a lose-lose situation for Democrats in 2008.