Ace of Spades, on what Democrat candidates now say about getting out of Iraq, after meeting privately with President Bush:

Obama: “I think it’s hard to project four years from now,” said Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a campaign debate in the nation’s first primary state.

Hillary!:”It is very difficult to know what we’re going to be inheriting,” added Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

Edwards:”I cannot make that commitment,” said former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.

You can pander all you want if you don’t have a shot at winning.

“I’ll get the job done,” said Dodd, while Richardson said he would make sure the troops were home by the end of his first year in office.

Bird Dog at Maggie’s Farm asks:

What did Bush tell them? To produce that kind of dramatic about-face in one week, they must have been told something that the public has not yet been told.