Expect It

You can expect a whole lot more of this going into September:

Headline from Faux News (sorry, I won't link to them):

Bush Poll Numbers Rise With Progress Reports From Iraq

Of course it's not until the late grafs that you find out that the "improvement" is 2 points, well within the margin of error, or that the "reports of improvement" are O'Hanlon and Pollacks op-ed pieces. In other words, nuthin'. But I'm starting to see the mighty GOP wurlitzer fire up for a September blitz about how much things are improving in Iraq and how we'll need another Friedman or two to finish the job.

Added: Here's a classic example. Dick Durbin said that our military is winning in areas that they fight (duh). Because we have more troops in more areas (know as an escalation), we are making "military progress". Here's the headline on the story from AP:

Democrats Praise Military Progress

Of course Durbin goes on to highlight the "duh" part of that statement and reiterate that there is zero political progress and that these so-called improvements cannot go on forever. Right wingers are virtually peeing their pants with a gotcha moment ... proof PROOF that the escalation is "working". Nevermind that roadside bombings hit a new high last month.

Like I said, get your arguments ready cause there's going to be the mother of all media blitzes around Petraeus report on how good Kool-aid tastes. And you know the media will join right in while they all sing kool-aid kool-aid, tastes great ......