Apparently, yesterday's bullshit is inoperative.

Today (all emphasis added):

... the Senate's No. 2 Republican leader harshly criticized House Democrats for setting an "artificial date" for withdrawing troops from Iraq and said he believes Republicans have enough votes to prevent passage of a similar bill in the Senate.

"We need to put that kind of decision in the hands of our commanders who are there on the ground with the men and women," said Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss.

Um, yeah ... let's put that kind of decision in their hands, shall we?

With Iraq Speech, Bush to Pull Away From His Generals
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

When President Bush goes before the American people tonight to outline his new strategy for Iraq, he will be doing something he has avoided since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003: ordering his top military brass to take action they initially resisted and advised against.

... over the past two months, as the security situation in Iraq has deteriorated and U.S. public support for the war has dropped, Bush has pushed back against his top military advisers and the commanders in Iraq: He has fashioned a plan to add up to 20,000 troops to the 132,000 U.S. service members already on the ground...

Pentagon insiders say members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have long opposed the increase in troops and are only grudgingly going along with the plan because they have been promised that the military escalation will be matched by renewed political and economic efforts in Iraq.

In other news, American economists who are growing increasingly worried about a potential recession in the U.S. were told not to sweat it by the White House.

"I don't see what the big deal is here," said President Bush. "If money becomes an issue, we'll just print more of it. What's the problem?"