Moronic AP Headline: "Congress divided over Bush war plan."

[Bleacher Creature]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_iraq

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush's decision to send 21,500 more combat troops to Iraq drew heavy fire from both Democrats and some Republicans on Thursday despite a plea by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a "national imperative not to fail."

A day after Bush's prime time speech from the White House, the Senate's top Republican threatened a filibuster to block any legislation expressing disapproval of the plan.

"Obviously, it will ... require 60 votes," said Sen. Mitch McConnell (news, bio, voting record), R-Ky., as senior administration officials made the case for Bush's new policy in Congress, at news briefings and on the morning television programs. He was referring to the minimum number of votes necessary to break stalling tactics and take up legislation.

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DIVIDED? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there an estimate that the plan has the support of about only 10 Senators? That said, only in the Bush-fawning, corporate media is a 90/10 split considered "divided."

[billybob537]

1. 60 votes isn't bad

when we start at 51

[lancdem]

2. Yeah, I saw that headline on yahoo

and thought it was very misleading, too.