Lamar Alexander (R-TN) sees the light?

[babylonsister]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/10/187982.aspx

From NBC's Ken Strickland
Today, another Republican senator announced plans to offer bipartisan legislation to set "a new course" in the Iraq war. Tennessean Lamar Alexander, a loyal Republican who's always voted with the president on Iraq issues said, "There's too much partisan game playing." He and Democrat Ken Salazar will draft a bill that implements the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group Report -- remember that group? -- which included benchmarks and a timeline for troop withdrawal.

"We need to get out of the combat business in Iraq and into the support and training and equipping business as soon as we honorably can," Alexander said in a speech on the Senate floor. He added that because the report stems from a bipartisan effort independent of the Administration, it has a better chance of garnering bipartisan congressional support.

And moderate Republican Olympia Snowe held a news conference to discuss the legislation she announced yesterday with Democrat Evan Bayh. Their bill would require troop withdrawal to pre-surge levels if the Iraqi government has not met specific benchmarks.

[luckyleftyme2]

1. about time those nuts thought about the country

its about time they broke party lines and done the peoples bidding(i'm talking about those red neck right wingnuts)

[wtmusic]

2. Isn't it interesting that a Repub senator who faces reelection in 2008

is suddenly extolling the virtues of bipartisanship...

[babylonsister]

3. Before it's over, there will be a long line of them. So much for

doing the right thing for its own sake.

[TwilightGardener]

4. It's downright trendy.