Happy terrorist day!

How to get the Democrats to rally support to stay in Iraq? Hint: it starts with "Sept" and ends with "ember the eleventh". Guess what's going to happen on that, the most somber of American days of remembrance? That's right, Petraeus will testify before Congress on how gosh darned good the White House thinks the surge is working!

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWFhYWJhYmY5ZDg2OWVjZDExOWVkNDJiNzY3NWFiZjY

Relevant section goes like this:

Question to John McCain: I don’t know if you saw the Democratic debate, but the Democratic candidates are pretty much all competing to see who can propose the fastest withdrawal. Bill Richardson is practically promising to get all the troops out in half an hour. We know that’s being driven by the furious passions of their base. How do you get enough Democratic lawmakers to defy their base, on what is clearly their make-or-break issue?

McCain: "Our first goal is to shore up our shaky Republicans. They’ll never get to sixty votes if we can shore up our shaky Republicans. Second of all, we’ve got to have demonstrations of support around the country. MoveOn.org, Ms Sheehan have been very visible on the public scene as anti-war activists. We need to crank up support. We need to make clear the consequences of failure, make sure the public understands this is part of our struggle against Islamic extremism, that if we leave, Iraq will become a base for al-Qaeda and they will follow us home.

"The calendar I’ve been told is that Petraues testify 11th [sic sic sic]. We’re off September 13 and 14 for Rosh Hoshannah. The Senate debate will begin September 18th."

Right.