I Had Earlier Concluded That A War

We Ought To Recognize That We Have An Offensive Responsibility To Take The War To The Terrorists Where They Are. That Responsibility Has Waned In The Last Year As Military And Intelligence Resources Were Withdrawn From Afghanistan And Pakistan To Be Used In Iraq.

The President Has Undermined Trust. No Longer Will The Members Of Congress Be Entitled To Accept His Veracity. Caveat Emptor Has Become The Word. Every Member Of Congress Is On His Or Her Own To Determine The Truth.

The White House Was Signaling That The Threat Posed By Saddam Hussein Was Of Such Urgency That It Had Priority Over The Crushing Of Al Qaeda.

I Had Earlier Concluded That A War With Iraq Would Be A Distraction From The Successful And Expeditious Completion Of Our Aims In Afghanistan. Now I Had Come To Question Whether The White House Was Telling The Truth.

Its Fundamentally Unfair To Have So Much Of The Tax Relief Go To So Few. And It Is A 10-year Tax Plan Rather Than One, As Mine, Focused On The Next Two Years, Which In My Opinion Is The Critical Time To Jumpstart The Economy.