Yep, that's the big headline in the LA Times ... for coverage of the Univision debate.
Republicans sing new tune on Iraq
CORAL GABLES, FLA. -- Citing a recent decline in violence in Iraq, top Republican presidential candidates on Sunday offered gushing assessments of the U.S. war effort there ...
Given that we know they're constantly polling, I suppose that means the Dems won't be saying much of anything about it in theirs. But then, as Pelosi has repeatedly told us, they were elected to end it. Somehow, I don't think either W they got is one they had in mind!
... an unusual moment in a GOP primary campaign that for months usually has stepped gingerly around the Bush administration's unpopular policies in that country.
The candidates' comments, coming in a debate on the Spanish-language television network Univision, went further than even the White House and top military leaders have gone as they have watched civilian and military deaths ebb since President Bush launched a controversial U.S. troop "surge" strategy.
Until Sunday, only one candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, had emphasized his support for the troop increase, a stance that over the last year coincided with his fading status as a GOP front-runner.
"We are winning," declared former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, whose candidacy has experienced a surge of its own in recent weeks into the top tier of GOP contenders.
Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee said the U.S. "must prevail" in the war, and added, "I agree with my colleagues. I believe that we are."
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