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5/11 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060511/ap_on_go_co/murtha_interview_1 Murtha predicts U.S. troops will be brought home by end-2007, and also predicts there will be a "tidal wave" in November with Dems gaining 40-50 House seats, unless Dubya brings back more than half the troops before then. |
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news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060511/ap_on_go_co/murtha_interview_1 Most likely, there will be a "tidal wave" that propels Democrats into the majority, said Murtha. He predicts Democrats will gain 40-50 seats -- well more than the 15 needed for the party to gain control. Murtha, 73, a retired Marine colonel who has generally been hawkish on war issues, shocked Washington in November when he said the war could not be won and it was time for troops to come home. He offered a plan that would keep troops in the region in case of a national security emergency. Murtha was elected in 1974, when public outrage over the Watergate scandal and President Nixon swept Democrats into office. "Republicans are spinning the fact that it's going to be very hard. From my experience in '74 and '94, they can't stop it ... Murtha said he thinks President Bush would have to bring more than half the troops in Iraq back to the United States before election day for it to start to make a difference to voters. "If that happens, he would have to admit he made mistakes," Murtha said. "The biggest problem he has had is admitting he made a mistake in going in there in the first place." The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |