Message Alert

Froomkin reminds us of the likely future White House strategy for dealing with the Iraq freefall. If you're being attacked, co-opt the attackers!

Faced with potential political disaster, Rove never plays defense, he doesn't change course, he attacks the problem head on -- and tries to co-opt the opposition's position.

So it should come as no great surprise that, confronted with a tide of anti-war sentiment and a growing number of defecting Republican lawmakers, the White House is changing not its policy on Iraq, but its message.

Enter the new White House talking point: You want out? We want out, too!

It's a message that has the potential to deflate the growing public frenzy against President Bush's Iraq policy, except for one small problem: It's just talk.

I guess we could call it the sympathy attack. Poor President Bush. He's long suffering as a Preznit of war. And of course he wants the boys home to the bossum of their mommies as soon as possible! (wipes tear from his cheek).

Get ready cause here it comes!