Bush Continues His Attack On Democrats

There he goes again. Yesterday, our President took yet another shot at the Democrats who claim that BushCo manipulated intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq Misadventure. While speaking to some troops in Alaska, Bush basically said the same things he said last week when he essentially called the Democrats traitors for having the nerve to finally state the obvious.

I can certainly understand why Bush is continuing this attack. Hell, even Gallup has Bush's approval rating at 37%, a new low for that poll.

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans and Democrats are finding some common ground with regard to the Iraq Debacle. Both sides have submitted "nearly identical" policy proposals, with the GOP proposal borrowing heavily from the one put forward by the Democrats:

[T]he two Iraq policy proposals call for — but do not require — the Bush administration to “explain to Congress and the American people its strategy for the successful completion of the mission in Iraq” and to provide reports on U.S. foreign policy and military operations in Iraq every three months until all U.S. combat brigades have been withdrawn.

The major difference between the two versions is that the Democratic proposal calls for the president to outline a “campaign plan with estimated dates for the phased redeployment” of U.S. troops.

Republicans largely adopted the Democratic proposal as their own, but omitted that one paragraph calling for the president to offer a plan for a phased withdrawal of the roughly 160,000 U.S. troops now in Iraq. The administration has refused to set a timetable for withdrawal, saying insurgents simply would wait to strike until after U.S. forces departed.

UPDATE: This TPM reader makes an interesting point (via Atrios):

I've obviously missed something. When did it become appropriate for the Commander-in-Chief to go onto a military installation before a military crowd and denounce the opposition party? I cannot remember a time in my 21-year career when anything remotely like this happened. Is it just me or are we embarked on something very dark and dangerous for our democracy?