In this item posted earlier, I suggested a number of reasons why George W. Bush might be withholding his endorsement of Alan Schlesinger, the Republican candidate for Joe Lieberman's senate seat in Connecticut. Several correspondents have suggested another. Apparently, Mr. Schlesinger has called for substantial U.S. troop reduction in Iraq on a timetable.
So what you have in that state is a Democratic candidate who wants the troops withdrawn soon, a Republican candidate who wants the troops withdrawn soon, and an Independent candidate (Lieberman) who says a number of conflicting thing but seems to eventually side with the administration. If you were George W. Bush, how would you play this one?