Interesting. Via Yahoo News:
 A Dubai-owned company abruptly abandoned its plan for managing operations at six U.S. ports Thursday, defusing an election-year showdown between President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress over an issue that had become a political land mine for the GOP.
“DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations … to a United States entity,” H. Edward Bilkey, the company’s top executive, said in the surprise announcement that seemed to spread relief throughout the Capitol and the White House. It was unclear which American business might get the port operations.
Just hours earlier, Republican House and Senate leaders privately told the president that Congress was all but certain to block DP World’s plan. Under pressure from a disapproving public, a House committee overwhelmingly voted against it Wednesday. The leaders told Bush the Senate would inevitably do the same, despite his threats to veto any legislation killing the deal.
Perhaps I am just thinking conspiratorialy, after a bunch of beers, or maybe it is from reading sites like the DU too much, but, this looks like a set up to me. W doesn’t have to worry about reelection, but, many Congress Critters do. This way, those GOP critters come out looking tough on national security, and appear to have distanced themselves from W, all of which helps their chances come November.
Of course, I could be full of it, but, other then Harriet Myers, the GOP has backed W almost completely to the hilt. I’m just sayin’.
Yep, another Rove ‘Rope A Dope’ that went over 100% as planned. Old Dusty Harry made a complete ass of himself and whatever of the party is left today, just as Rove knew he would.
Now the dim-wits that were so worried about the NSA had better play CYA. The Hellary Klington wing of the communist party is starting a data mining project on the dim-wits. (financed by commie George) Guess by election time they’ll have enough dirt on the dim-wits to get a billion or so dollars in blackmail. Them folks can’t win for losing.