Comments on: Senior Republican Domenici Calls For Iraq War Policy Change

By: Project Vote Smart

Project Vote Smart — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:11:11 +0000

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By: Buck Naked Politics

Buck Naked Politics — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:58:51 +0000

A Fourth Senior Republican Opposes Bush’s Iraq-War Strategy

A member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee with 36 years in the Senate, Pete Domenici (R-NM) became the fourth senior Senate Republican to publicly criticize President Bush’s war strategy in the last two weeks (Washington Post). I’ll be darn…

By: Pajamas Media

Pajamas Media — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:58:35 +0000

Domenici:

Red State, Hot Air and the Moderate Voice comment on Senator Pete Domenici’s (R-New Mexico) desire to change course in Iraq. Hot Air wonders whether there may soon be enough votes to override a veto….

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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:56:34 +0000

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By: The Democratic Daily

The Democratic Daily — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:40:52 +0000

Another Republican Senator Breaks With Bush’s Iraq War Policy

Another Republican Senator has broken with Bush over his Iraq War policy. This time, it’s Senator Pete Domenici (N.M.), a “36-year Republican veteran of the Senate.”
Domenici “abandoned Bush’s Iraq war policy today by pu…

By: kritter

kritter — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:39:16 +0000

I agree that only his vote counts- but Domenici could be facing a tough race because of US Atty Iglesias’ charges that he tried to pressure him into indicting Democrats involved in a federal corruption probe before Heather Wilson’s reelection bid. Iglesias was fired the next month.

By: spanielboy

spanielboy — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:10:04 +0000

First of all, Senator Domenici is up for re-election in 17 months. The article below shows this:

Secondly, the suggestions by the study group is no means the map to a complete and total pull-out of US troops. All we know is that Domenici wants to go in a “new” direction, but we don’t know what that really means. I guess it will be one where US troops will be military advisors to the various nationalized military and police units. Even then, units could be sent to adjacent countries to act as a quick reactionary force in case serious trouble were to happen in Iraq — the troops would not be in harms way, but they are there in case of trouble.

If Domenici and others are to push the administration to alter course, then that means GEN Petraeus and Ambd. Crocker will need to look at more wheeling-and-dealing. The solutions may not sit well with the political groups here in the states that favor the use of military force to come to a political solution.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:57:28 +0000

Critics of Bush are not surprised by this, and in fact, Bush has earned this, but there’s a bad side to this as well. No President stacks up well against any of the long-time “fixtures” in Congress. And that is an enormous, disgusting problem with Washington and has been so for ages.

36-year Republican veteran of the Senate

Nobody should find a long-term home in Washington — Washington is too big and does far more than it ever should, and the long-term residents in Washington, incumbents, their larger inner circle “inside the Beltway” in the staffs, the two party organizations, the media, a group large enough to form its own celebrity culture, exemplify what is wrong with big government and the wrong attitude about what Washington should be.

Americans want term limits!

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By: RevDave

RevDave — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:06:01 +0000

When it comes time to vote on key issues to change policy in Iraq, these three will NOT go against Dear Leader – big talk is all it is.