"Well constitutionally he does have the power as Commander-in-Chief to keep the troops there. But if only a dozen or so Republican senators... actually support a troop surge and Democrats almost unifor..."
"To have this survey come out now pretty reliable survey of career military people, showing support for the president down to 35 percent. It means he's sort of losing all fronts."
"Absolutely. President Ford has said several times since then, Anderson, that he was being consumed as president by -- he once explained to a group of students that I was with that -- he said, look, 80..."
"I think it's the only way, Anderson, he can persuade the military to do what he looks like he wants to do."
"Democratic Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts calls the deal a historic mistake. He says it will increase India's capability to make nuclear weapons."
"the confidence levels in his handling of this war have plummeted."
"the president administration of Republicans will bear most of that."
"this president, you know, is nothing, if not resolute and, let me say, overly stubborn and in denial about the nature of things there."
"If he truly intends to increase the number of troops, he'd better have results pretty darn fast."
"the Democrats need to show some sense of what they really believe that they want to show that there are constructive opposition to that."
"the Democrats have to step up to this."
"Clearly they plan to do a lot of back seat driving on Iraq. But they're going to let the president keep his hand on the wheel. And you know, they don't have much confidence in his steering."
"It's doubling down your bet, isn't it?"
"He wants to believe we're winning."
"It may not work, but there's no percentage in actually increasing the number of troops."
"Let's do the best we can to withdraw honorably, and also try to preserve the region from a civil war, or across a region."
"The president is likely to look toward the military recommendations, which are coming in, in the next two weeks, and choose those over the Baker-Hamilton commission."
"The president is saying, look, I see that things are not going well."
