G.O.P. spitless over Iraq

January 14, 2007
G.O.P. spitless over Iraq

And leaving Republican leaders confronting the reality that nervous party members, uncertain of
Mr. Bush's handling of the war and their own party's legislative appeal, are no longer so tightly
bound to the cause.

"Everybody is scared spitless," Mr. Thune, the South Dakota senator, said.