David Gergen actually said...

Of course we believe in withdrawal. There's no timetable here. And we'll do it when the mission is completed.

They could not put a timetable in because they knew the president had already declared publicly and repeatedly that he would not accept a ti...

There's not much you can do. ... the second terms are always worse than first terms. And boy, is George W. Bush proving that one.

Where he does retain power is not as a domestic president, but as an international commander in chief.